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Chicago. Investigative journalist. One half of @UnraveledPress.com. Got a tip? Signal is @tpf.99

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · Aug 20

We focused on the rapid proliferation of license plate readers and adoption of real-time crime center systems, but police spent loads on other tech.

For instance, police in Oak Brook, Countryside, North Riverside, and Willowbrook bought handheld & vehicle-mounted StarChase GPS launchers.

Image of a StarChase handheld GPS launcher. A yellow and black, mostly plastic device that resembles a rifle. Comes with a laser-sight, runs on batteries and uses compressed air to shoot cylindrical projectiles that stick to vehicles to track their location real-time.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 13m

They may very well arrest you, and they’ll lie about what you did, so be aware of that risk. But hitting you with any charges that stick is another story.

It’s not illegal to record ICE or CBP or any other police.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 13m

Feds just making up laws on the spot to try to scare people from reporting on their activity.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 40m

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1h

1) I once again take this opportunity to remind you: to keep its basic functioning, society has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

2) is...is it happening?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1h

Border Patrol is terrorizing Gage Park this morning (video from Facebook, 55th & California reportedly 9:40am). SWRR reports agents are highly active and were also seen at the Pulaski orange line again: instagram.com/p/DPtwEY7DhTy

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3h

ICE is up. Feds have been spotted in Rogers Park. Video is also circulating of Border Patrol grabbing someone near their usual hunting ground at the Home Depot in Cicero.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4h

Extremely funny that people think this is now a Pritzker hate account when all we've been doing is documenting the same police violence we've been documenting well before this ICE surge

Sorry for disrupting your worldview. Welcome to what cops are!!!

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 14h

the previous cook county state’s attorney, kim foxx, had a policy of not prosecuting “nonviolent” charges from protests.

current sa eileen o’neill burke has taken a much more carceral approach than her predecessor. how will she proceed?

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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 14h

three people were actually arrested by the cook county sheriff’s office, according to an updated email they sent out.

most of the 15 are charged with resisting arrest/obstruction of justice/disobeying a police officer.

these kinds of charges from protests are frequently dropped bc they’re bogus.

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 16h

illinois state police arrested eight additional people at broadview tonight for a total of 15 people arrested today, per an update from cook county sheriff’s office.

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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah, an infernal CBP helicopter woke me up early this morning. They’ve been buzzing my neighborhood like harpies all weekend. It reminds me of occupied Ireland back in the day. The racket casts a pall of doom, provokes a mix of sorrow and anger.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 5h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 5h

The deportation order derives from the crime of which he has now been exonerated.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 1d

Incredible NYT headline and subhead where the writer has to remind you that this is a bad thing lol

Media literacy is being able to understand why that last part is included here, but not for any story about the US abandoning its clean energy initiatives.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 13h

'Our deepest condolences': Feds confirm Navy Sailor was among 2 found fatally shot in North Chicago

Federal officials say they are in mourning after a Navy Sailor was among two people found fatally shot outside a home in North Chicago near Great Lakes Naval Station Friday evening.

www.lakemchenryscanner.com

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 17h

A protester heckles over the free speech zone. Pretty much everyone dispersing now.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 17h

ISP says they are opening the roadway so protesters should leave so they don’t get hit by cars.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 18h

They’ve pushed the crowd back so that a park is behind us instead of homes. Presumably in case they disperse chemical munitions.

There are currently children playing in the park. Unclear if ISP realizes that.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 18h

Many protesters have dispersed. Maybe 50 left, hard to tell with so much press.

ISP has been holding this line across 25th for the past 15-20 min.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 18h

At least a few arrests. ISP getting violent and issued dispersal orders.

They just said we may be subject to dispersal of chemical agents.

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 18h

After ordering people out of the street, ISP cleared the entire “free speech” zone into the street before “curfew.”

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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 19h

Commander Sullivan (not sure what he commands) powering up with a Monster energy drink.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 22h

State troopers carrying one of the protesters they just tackled.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 22h

Again today, local police outside Broadview just aggressively arrested more protesters. Tough to tell exactly how many, but looks like 3-4 people were just detained.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Despite the ongoing horrors, protesters have been met with pretty much non-stop honks of support from drivers and truckers passing by this morning.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

People here have been periodically begging local police to stop them, to "do something." One protester is crying.

Another caravan (including the ICE SUV) departs. Seeing more Border Patrol inside.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

A van with visible captives inside just returned.

"Those are people!" someone shouts.

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