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    Kristi Noem told Fox News that Chicago was a “war zone” where her agents were not welcome to use restrooms.

    :|

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      They just don’t care.

      ICE called for backup once because of protestors, cops if ored them, so they shot someone in a car because there was traffic, rammed another car in traffic, and then detained at least one US citizen.

      Cops want no part of it, it doesn’t mean they’re out their protecting citizens from ICE, they’re likely laughing about it.

      They can 100% still be shitty

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      Or they’re doing this intentionally hoping that it sparks some bigger conflict, where they along with ICE ‘justify’ getting to pull out the real big boy toys to use on the populace. Considering the coordination and organization behind the “thin blue line” and my own personal experiences with police, I’m more inclined to believe this than all them suddenly growing a conscience and doing the right thing as an organization.

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    I liked the side article on how sad it is ice agents are being turned away at restaurants and they are not even allowed to use the restroom.

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    Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin reported that Chicago officers were instructed not to respond to the U.S. Border Patrol’s calls for help in another incident where a vehicle was rammed and a person was shot.

    “Multiple law enforcement sources confirm to @FoxNews that Chicago police officers were instructed by their Chief of Patrol to NOT respond to Border Patrol agents call for help yesterday after they were reportedly surrounded by a large crowd of protesters following a ramming incident & shooting of an armed woman,” Melugin reported on X.

    That last paragraph, from a FOX News correspondent, makes it sound like it was some ad hoc decision. It was not. Illinois does not permit any state, county, or local law enforcement to assist federal agents with their federal enforcement objectives.

    ICE agents were in the middle of doing federal enforcement work. Crowd control is on them.

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      Never happened. The source is Fox News, the tentpole of the Conservative Propaganda Machine, and they lie 100% of the time. We are under no obligation to believe a single word that comes out of Fox News, in fact, I am inclined to believe the exact opposite.

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      They are simply reading the room and making a calculated choice. The public needs to continue putting the pressure on, they are cracking at the local level first.

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      The enemy of my enemy is my friend. in WWII we were allies with Stalin, and we knew full well he was a monster, and when the war was over, we were both going to after each other.

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        Except the saying really means “The enemy of my enemy is my enemies enemy”. Nothing proves that any better than WWII.

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    Kat Abughazaleh is asking people to attend a protest this Friday 10/10 at 9:30 a.m. at the ICE headquarters at 1930 Beach Street, Broadview, IL

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    Need an immediate response lefty team. Show up for these things and record and document everything with the intention that if government ever course corrects, there is now some record that might be able to identify these ICE agents and have justice served. They 100% are covering their face so that there’s no way to charge them if courts ever try for any violations

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    “If anyone is gonna torment the people here, it’s gonna be us!”

    • probably a longtime Townie Cop in Chi-raq.
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    Finally cops standing there doing nothing works in our favor. I never thought I’d see the day.

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      Never surrender in advance, never respond to their threats and/or intimidation, force them to go to court, force them to justify their behavior to a judge.

      Make them pay dearly for every step they take.

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      Yeah but they’re still Chicagoans, and probably this was more about not wanting to do any work, lol. They’re more notorious for that than being corrupt these days.