Alex Harrison
@alexhairysun.bsky.social
Reporter @evanstonroundtable.bsky.social, hyperfocusing on zoning + city gov + IL-9 • B/MSJ23 from Medill • NKY ➡️ Chicago • he/him
Read my stuff (or don't, I'm not your dad): https://evanstonroundtable.com/author/alex-harrison
Read my stuff (or don't, I'm not your dad): https://evanstonroundtable.com/author/alex-harrison
Oh yeah, it's Thursday night YouTube time
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Oh yeah, it's Thursday night YouTube time
Didn't see it last night, but got out in time with friends tonight so it's all good :)
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Didn't see it last night, but got out in time with friends tonight so it's all good :)
JUST KIDDING IT'S OUT OF TOUCH THURSDAY ‼️‼️
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 AM
JUST KIDDING IT'S OUT OF TOUCH THURSDAY ‼️‼️
Having a very 2004 night
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Having a very 2004 night
Update on this: nevermind actually, the FOIA denial is reversed! City says it was done "in error." Please resume waiting with bated breath for these records to be released.
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Update on this: nevermind actually, the FOIA denial is reversed! City says it was done "in error." Please resume waiting with bated breath for these records to be released.
Impassioned remarks from City Clerk Stephanie Mendoza, whose parents immigrated from Mexico: "This was a daily occurrence where I went to school, and my classmates came to school to tell us that their parents were gone... if we allow this to continue, it will be normal to our children."
November 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Impassioned remarks from City Clerk Stephanie Mendoza, whose parents immigrated from Mexico: "This was a daily occurrence where I went to school, and my classmates came to school to tell us that their parents were gone... if we allow this to continue, it will be normal to our children."
The crowd here is massive, filling the parking lot between cars, and still growing. We're currently hearing from local clergy members, including Rabbit Andrea London as seen on the truck/stage in this photo
November 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The crowd here is massive, filling the parking lot between cars, and still growing. We're currently hearing from local clergy members, including Rabbit Andrea London as seen on the truck/stage in this photo
I'm outside Evanston's Prieto Community Center at Oakton and Asbury, near where CBP agents arrested several residents after crashing their vehicle yesterday afternoon. A community vigil is set to start any minute now, with remarks from Mayor Daniel Biss and others
November 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I'm outside Evanston's Prieto Community Center at Oakton and Asbury, near where CBP agents arrested several residents after crashing their vehicle yesterday afternoon. A community vigil is set to start any minute now, with remarks from Mayor Daniel Biss and others
Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
This was after a car crash involving at least one fed vehicle and one resident vehicle. Evanston PD showed up shortly after the above incident and the feds took off. Pics from the scene from Margo Milanowski:
October 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This was after a car crash involving at least one fed vehicle and one resident vehicle. Evanston PD showed up shortly after the above incident and the feds took off. Pics from the scene from Margo Milanowski:
Refreshing veto session news while we watch some guy bike down this thing called the megavalanche
October 31, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Refreshing veto session news while we watch some guy bike down this thing called the megavalanche
No Kings protest today at Fountain Square in Evanston, IL, taken from the Rotary Building by Jean Saunders -- Evanston showed up 👀
October 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
No Kings protest today at Fountain Square in Evanston, IL, taken from the Rotary Building by Jean Saunders -- Evanston showed up 👀
THERE I AM GARY, THERE I AM
October 13, 2025 at 10:59 PM
THERE I AM GARY, THERE I AM
In Evanston: a last-minute protest against ICE, called just a couple hours ago, draws dozens of people to Oakton Street near where two people were abducted in front of a Home Depot yesterday. I need to run to cover City Council, but more people are still arriving.
October 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
In Evanston: a last-minute protest against ICE, called just a couple hours ago, draws dozens of people to Oakton Street near where two people were abducted in front of a Home Depot yesterday. I need to run to cover City Council, but more people are still arriving.
There's much more in that NIPAS letter, but moving on: the other letter is the one ref'd by Kreis, sent to NIPAS' attorney by Christopher Wells of the ILAG office, where Wells confirms the actions of the Unified Command (and thus NIPAS) are "permissible under Illinois law, including the TRUST Act".
October 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
There's much more in that NIPAS letter, but moving on: the other letter is the one ref'd by Kreis, sent to NIPAS' attorney by Christopher Wells of the ILAG office, where Wells confirms the actions of the Unified Command (and thus NIPAS) are "permissible under Illinois law, including the TRUST Act".
Acouiple things to note:
— Per @capitolfax.bsky.social, Broadview's mayor first requested NIPAS help on Sept. 12: capitolfax.com/2025/09/23/b...
— ISP/CCSP were absolutely "in the vicinity of ICE Officers", there are many pics/vids showing this! Here are three by Ashlee Rezin in CST coverage alone:
— Per @capitolfax.bsky.social, Broadview's mayor first requested NIPAS help on Sept. 12: capitolfax.com/2025/09/23/b...
— ISP/CCSP were absolutely "in the vicinity of ICE Officers", there are many pics/vids showing this! Here are three by Ashlee Rezin in CST coverage alone:
October 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Acouiple things to note:
— Per @capitolfax.bsky.social, Broadview's mayor first requested NIPAS help on Sept. 12: capitolfax.com/2025/09/23/b...
— ISP/CCSP were absolutely "in the vicinity of ICE Officers", there are many pics/vids showing this! Here are three by Ashlee Rezin in CST coverage alone:
— Per @capitolfax.bsky.social, Broadview's mayor first requested NIPAS help on Sept. 12: capitolfax.com/2025/09/23/b...
— ISP/CCSP were absolutely "in the vicinity of ICE Officers", there are many pics/vids showing this! Here are three by Ashlee Rezin in CST coverage alone:
First is a letter from NIPAS Pres. Patrick Kreis (also Chief of Vernon Hills PD) to member chiefs. He calls TRUST Act compliance (i.e. no assistance to fed immigration actions) a "pertinent issue" in responding to the "unprecedented public safety challenge" (the protests). (Repeated for alt text)
October 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
First is a letter from NIPAS Pres. Patrick Kreis (also Chief of Vernon Hills PD) to member chiefs. He calls TRUST Act compliance (i.e. no assistance to fed immigration actions) a "pertinent issue" in responding to the "unprecedented public safety challenge" (the protests). (Repeated for alt text)
There are a lot of wild details within that are worth reading, but this one sticks out, about the woman's abusive partner doing fucking w h a t ?
![The woman “aborted/miscarried while he was outside and he came in and found blood in the bathroom with what he believed was the non-viable fetus,” it says. They “got into a verbal argument and she left and had not been back to [the house] since that day. [He] collected what he thought was the fetus and put it in the freezer. When [he] was asked why he waited so long to report the incident, his answer was he had to process the event and call his family attorney.”
“Detective [Calvin] Miller [a detective on the scene] was provided FedEx packaging the pill was sent in, photographs of what [the man] believed to be a fetus and the instructions on how to take the medication,” it adds.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eyikq2mz7locbero6mnqwj33/bafkreidusymkd5y5xcu4i2cwzte536zlyboxswuhlbwn5vi7jocpvr4hue@jpeg)
October 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
There are a lot of wild details within that are worth reading, but this one sticks out, about the woman's abusive partner doing fucking w h a t ?
For clarity — the officers shown in the referenced photo by Paris Schutz are muni cops with the NIPAS Mobile Field Force, which wasn't in the Unified Command's initial presser and only showed up partway thru. They appear to have swapped in for ISP though... so, are they part of the UC? Who knows!
October 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
For clarity — the officers shown in the referenced photo by Paris Schutz are muni cops with the NIPAS Mobile Field Force, which wasn't in the Unified Command's initial presser and only showed up partway thru. They appear to have swapped in for ISP though... so, are they part of the UC? Who knows!
back of alex's head when there's an evanston city council meeting
September 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
back of alex's head when there's an evanston city council meeting
Update on this: The City of Evanston isn't waiting for Flock to take the cams down, and staff have covered them up with bags and tape. Writing up a quick story to post before I go do (another!) citywide site visit to confirm all are covered (Picture taken yesterday by @joergmetzner.bsky.social)
September 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Update on this: The City of Evanston isn't waiting for Flock to take the cams down, and staff have covered them up with bags and tape. Writing up a quick story to post before I go do (another!) citywide site visit to confirm all are covered (Picture taken yesterday by @joergmetzner.bsky.social)
Even stranger, some of the cameras aren't even the same model that Evanston is contracted for. All 18 cameras were previously the "Falcon" model, a longer, oval-shaped cam with a solar panel. But 5 spots now have this stubbier model that may take wired power through a cable into the lightpole.
September 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Even stranger, some of the cameras aren't even the same model that Evanston is contracted for. All 18 cameras were previously the "Falcon" model, a longer, oval-shaped cam with a solar panel. But 5 spots now have this stubbier model that may take wired power through a cable into the lightpole.
All of the reinstalled cameras were out right back where they were. Most were just like, reclamped onto public lightpoles, but a few had to have mounting poles reinstalled in the ground. Some even had what I can only call a spray paint calling card, lol
September 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
All of the reinstalled cameras were out right back where they were. Most were just like, reclamped onto public lightpoles, but a few had to have mounting poles reinstalled in the ground. Some even had what I can only call a spray paint calling card, lol
After weeks of seemingly endless growth, the field for IL-9's open Congressional seat just shrunk by one, as Miracle Jenkins has dropped out and endorsed @bushraamiwala.bsky.social.
September 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
After weeks of seemingly endless growth, the field for IL-9's open Congressional seat just shrunk by one, as Miracle Jenkins has dropped out and endorsed @bushraamiwala.bsky.social.