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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
I guess my prescription of the problem is basically 1. corruption has warped the property tax system and had the side effect that regular homeowners are invested in the same appeals process that fuels the corruption and increases their tax burden 2. need state fair tax bsky.app/profile/vinc...
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
+ everything is getting passed onto renters
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
What everyone else is saying + Property taxes in the US used to include non-tangible assets like stock and was closer to a true wealth tax. A real estate tax is a bigger burden on middle class homeowners bc their home is a larger portion of their overall wealth compared to the wealthiest.
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Alder Andre Vasquez, Political Account @andrefor40th.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
DONE DEAL!!!!
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Amen to this. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | If Democrats Win the Senate, They Cannot Play Games (Gift Article)
The party will need to make the most of whatever majority it has.
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Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 13/10/2026
Colorado & Michigan have become the latest blue states to end Medicaid coverage for trans youth. Solidly blue Colorado will also be IMMEDIATELY shutting off care for all trans kids receiving puberty blockers—despite Trump's rule allowing a 6 month ‘tapering’ period. This is a complete betrayal.
transiticsnews.com
Colorado and Michigan Become the Latest Blue States to Quietly End Medicaid Support for Trans Youth as 12 Others Pledge Continued Coverage
In a complete betrayal, solidly Democratic Colorado will also be immediately shutting off care for trans kids currently receiving puberty blockers—despite Trump allowing a 6 month ‘tapering’ period.
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
PNEUMATIC TUBE
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is not "a controversial vaccine trial," it's biological warfare, conducted by European researchers on African infants. It's imperialism, racism, eugenics, and the hubris of incredibly stupid people. It's denying vaccines to newborns! In what fuckin universe is this a "vaccine trial"?
theguardian.com
Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ever since the "Broadview 6" scandal broke, much has been made of alleged misconduct by one federal prosecutor. Judge April Perry is going a different direction, testing claims made by U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros and others. UPDATED from @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/1...
chicago.suntimes.com
'Broadview Six' judge testing claims made by Boutros, others in tainted case
It all lines up with U.S. District Judge April Perry’s insistence last week that her “sole focus … is on lack of candor, concealment of material facts, or other misconduct that occurred before me.” Sh...
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
JUST IN: U.S. District Judge April Perry lays out her demands for federal prosecutors in Chicago as she decides how to proceed in the "Broadview Six" litigation:
MINUTE entry before the Honorable April M. Perry: Consistent with the Government's agreement that the Court would ask for evidence to aid it in making findings of fact regarding potential sanctions or criminal contempt, the Court requests that the Government produce by 10/30/2026 the following documents for ex parte in camera review: (1) all communications between September 26, 2025 and March 30, 2026 from, to, or with anyone outside of the Northern District of Illinois U.S. Attorney's Office (other than the local FBI investigators assigned to the case) regarding any investigatory or charging decisions for this case; and (2) the October 14, 2025 email sent to U.S. Attorney Boutros attaching the October 9, 2025 Grand Jury transcript and any replies to or forwards of that email. All electronic documents should be provided in native format with attachments preserved. If an email is part of an email chain, all versions of that chain must be produced, along with their attachments. Electronic records must be produced with all associated metadata (for both emails and attachments) including read receipts, delivery status, and message tracking logs. Any claims of privilege may be made in a privilege log accompanied by a legal memorandum explaining what privilege is claimed and how it applies in the context of a sanctions / contempt inquiry by the Court. At a minimum, any privilege log must identify the author, recipient, all parties who received copies of the document, the date of the document, subject, and a short summary of the document sufficient for the Court to evaluate any claim of privilege. To the extent there were oral, rather than written, communications that would be responsive to the Court's requests, the Government is asked to provide the following: (1) the people present for such communication; (2) the date, time, and length of the conversation; and (3) a certification that there was no recording or transcription made of the communication. If the communication …
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Judge threatens to order Midway Blitz agents to hand over personal phones for review — after Bovino refuses From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/bearing-the-...
chicago.suntimes.com
Judge threatens to order Midway Blitz agents to hand over personal phones — after Bovino refused
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis presides over a lawsuit brought by Illinois and Chicago against Homeland Security. It alleges Midway Blitz was designed to coerce the state and city into assisting the f...
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
New: The family of Silverio Villegas González, who an ICE agent fatally shot last year in Franklin Park, IL, has filed a Federal Tort Claims Act complaint against the federal government. ICE shot Villegas González, a father & Chicagoland resident, at the very beginning of "Operation Midway Blitz."
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Claimant: Jose Villegas Gonzalez, as personal representative
of the Estate of Silverio Villegas Gonzalez
8. Basis for the Claim
ICE officers shoot and kill Silverio Villegas Gonzalez during a traffic stop.
On the morning of September 12, 2025, Silverio Villegas Gonzalez drops off his 7 year-old son at school and his 3-year-old son at daycare and heads to work. Silverio had lived
and worked in the United States for about 18 years and was working as a line cook at a local diner.
Silverio was a devoted father. His children lived with him, and he was the primary parent in their
lives. He maintained close relationships with family and was a man of faith. He took his children
to church and to visit a shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe. He had no criminal record and only a
few minor traffic violations.
Soon after Silverio drops off his kids that day, two ICE officers in an unmarked Jeep follow
him on Grand Avenue in Franklin Park, then turn on their emergency lights. The time is
approximately 8:48 a.m.
Silverio pulls over in the rightmost lane. The ICE agents park their Jeep in front of Silverio’s car, blocking his path forward and partially blocking the second lane of traffic. Both
officers get out of their truck and approach Silverio’s small Subaru sedan. Both officers are armed
and wearing protective vests. Neither officer is wearing a body camera, even though ICE policy in
effect at the time requires officers to activate body-worn cameras during enforcement activity.
One officer approaches the passenger-side window while the other subsequently
approaches the driver’s window. The officer on the passenger side taps on the window, and
Silverio rolls the window down. Both officers lean on the car’s window frames to speak with
Silverio. The officer on the driver’s side taps on the window and Silverio rolls the driver-side
window part-way down. Image text:
Approximately ten seconds after the first officer approaches his vehicle, Silverio puts the
car in reverse and backs away from the officers. Both officers keep their hands on the window
frames as the car begins to move. Nothing prevents them from simply stepping away from
Silverio’s car.
The officer on the passenger side of the car steps back, draws his gun and points it at
Silverio’s car. The officer on the driver’s side grabs hold of the top of the driver-side window
rather than step away from the vehicle. Silverio reverses approximately fifty feet then begins to
drive forward into the open lane of traffic.

The officer on the passenger-side runs after Silverio as he drives forward with his gun
still pointing at the car. Then he lowers his gun while continuing to run.

Approximately six seconds after the car begins moving forward, surveillance video
captures the sound of gunshots. Three seconds later, Silverio’s car is heard crashing as it strikes
the underside of a parked delivery truck. The car has traveled approximately 170 feet from the
moment it started moving forward until it crashed.
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Accompanying the text are photos from security footage and witness video that captured the ICE shooting on 9/12/2025.
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 07/10/2026
this is very good
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Where is the air marshal?
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It is fucking insane no one has filed charges. We know exactly who shot her five times! She nearly died! Marimar Martinez is the bravest woman in the City and she deserves justice.
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Covid similarly created materials shortages and a backlog of menu projects because the asphalt plants were virtually shut down
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Multiple things but two big ones lately are tariffs are increasing materials costs and the war on immigrants is increasing labor costs
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is actually way cheaper than I would have anticipated compared to how much everything else costs for menu
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Broadview 6 Were Selectively Prosecuted emptywheel.net/2026/10/03/t...
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The Broadview 6 Were Selectively Prosecuted - emptywheel
Last year, when Andrew Boutros was dropping shitty ICE cases left and right, he made the decision to keep trying until he charged Kat Abughazaleh with a felony.
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Brian Straw @brianstraw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am proud to have stood with the rest of the Broadview Six to demand transparency and accountability. It would have been so easy for @katmabu.bsky.social, @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social, @catsharp.bsky.social, or Andre Martin to have stopped fighting after the case was dismissed. They never did.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In announcing her decision, U.S. District Judge April Perry quoted both Spider-Man and the 7th Circuit. 7th Circuit: "The greater the power that defies the law, the less tolerant the court can be of defiance." Spider-Man: "With great power comes great responsibility."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#BREAKING U.S. District Judge April Perry is moving forward with further fact-finding regarding potential prosecutorial misconduct in the case of the "Broadview Six," with a special prosecutor still on the table.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sharing a bit of background about the "Broadview Six" case as we wait for this afternoon's hearing. I'll start with our "what to know" primer from this summer, published one month after the case fell apart. chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...
chicago.suntimes.com
What to know about the 'Broadview Six' scandal rocking Chicago's federal courthouse
High-profile cases are collapsing, judges want answers, and defense attorneys are calling for an investigation — and the possible prosecution — of Chicago’s top federal law enforcement official. Here'...
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Michael Rabbitt @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“The hearing is sure to draw a large crowd to Perry’s courtroom on the 17th floor of the Dirksen courthouse. The former defendants in the case will likely be among them.” I’ll be there. If you can’t make it in person, follow live skeeting here by @jonseidel.bsky.social for real time updates.
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Huge news for gluttons (me)
New nhu lan, reopened at last
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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“prosecutors had also obtained roughly three hundred [‼️] photographs of Martinez’s and Ruiz’s cars from Flock ALPR cameras throughout Cook County,” over a 30 day span.
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Jason Meisner @jmetr22b.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lawyers for the "Broadview Six" have submitted Sheri Mecklenburg's resignation letter to Judge Perry in advance of Thursday's hearing, saying it contains "additional facts that directly and materially implicate" issues pending before the court. 👇
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 29/09/2026
New: We obtained witness videos and surveillance footage showing ICE parking their cars, arresting an observer, and transferring detainees in parking lots across 4 of Chicago's police districts. Local officials have tried banning ICE from city property. But incidents in the lots keep stacking up:
unraveledpress.com
In plain sight: a year of ICE using Chicago police parking lots for its operations
Videos and witness testimony show immigration agents continue using Chicago police station parking lots despite a ban on their access to city property. Records obtained from the Civilian Office of Pol...
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 25/09/2026
‘Broadview Six’ prosecutor pens fiery resignation letter saying US attorney pushed for felony charges
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‘Broadview Six’ prosecutor pens fiery resignation letter saying US attorney pushed for felony charges
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Prosecutor who was the sacrificial lamb in the Broadview Six Case files motion with the court in which she claims US Attorney Boutros knew everything, approved everything, demanded felony charges over her objections. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com
'Broadview Six' prosecutor breaks silence, says she 'owns' mistakes but there's 'no basis' for smears
Lawyers for former federal prosecutor Sheri Mecklenburg say she retired Thursday from the Justice Department — a week before a federal judge is expected to hold a crucial hearing over the mishandling ...
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Jason Meisner @jmetr22b.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The prosecutor at the center of the “Broadview Six” scandal has broken her silence in the form of a motion to intervene in any upcoming sanctions hearing. And she has some interesting things to say about how things went down in the U.S. attorney's office Story: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/24/p...
chicagotribune.com
Prosecutor at center of ‘Broadview Six’ scandal retires, says Boutros ordered grand jury transcript
Attorneys for the prosecutor at the center of the “Broadview Six” scandal said Thursday that U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros personally instructed her to get an expedited transcript of grand jury proceed...
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Brian Straw @brianstraw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The U.S. Attorney has repeatedly tried to disclaim any knowledge of what was happening in the Broadview 6 case. Today, the AUSA who presented the case to the Grand Jury resigned from the office and filed a brief making clear that "the Front Office [was] informed of all developments in the case."
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
JUST IN: The prosecutor at the center of Chicago's "Broadview Six" scandal has retired after being told by the U.S. attorney's office she was not allowed to intervene in court, her attorneys say.
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Active Transportation Alliance @activetransportation.org · 21/09/2026
So far over 150 people have contacted their alders demanding no cuts to safe streets this upcoming budget season. Great start but we need to keep the momentum going! Tell your friends and family, no cuts, we need to invest in saving lives. Contact your alder: activetrans.quorum.us/campaign/168...
Image of a bus stop and protected bike lane urging folks to contact their alder in support of safe streets
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/09/2026
This will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
apnews.com
AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
While ICE agents were shooting Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin on Sunday, their colleagues were violently detaining a US citizen in Evanston, IL who "resembled" a person they were seeking. The victim reported "injuries to his head, neck and teeth":
evanstonnow.com
Federal agents detained U.S. citizen Sunday morning - Evanston Now
Police chief says officers responded to a man with injuries to head, neck and teeth on Howard and made contact with agents involved.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 20/09/2026
ICE has again shot someone.
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MisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Trump administration officials are still concealing evidence of what they did during Operation Midway Blitz last year."
blockclubchicago.org
ICE Says It Can't Find Its Own Records Of Teargassing And Arresting Broadview Protesters
ICE's own rules require reports every time an agent uses force. But the agency says it can't find any from its attacks on protesters on Sept. 19, 2025.
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Alex @acannon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yes I do think Chicago should build a Western line and yes I do think it should be cowboy themed
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I want a break from all this plot. With 20 other people in a remote lodge before our friend’s wedding this weekend and there’s now a strangler on the loose in the woods.
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Charges against ICE agents have been extremely rare but she incorrectly stated today that’s she’s been the only one to file charges. Here is one of the cases in Minneapolis www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
mprnews.org
Minnesota prosecutors announce charges against ICE agent
Federal prosecutors initially charged Julio Sosa-Celis with assaulting a federal agent with a shovel in January during “Operation Metro Surge,” but the case soon fell apart.
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Anyone noticing any patterns with who her office wants to send (or keep) in prison and who gets slap on the wrist?
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It’s been 1 year and still no charges for the murder of Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez. EOB said on WBEZ that it’s essentially too difficult to charge ICE agents. abc7chicago.com/amp/post/1-y...
abc7chicago.com
1 year after Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez killed by federal agent in Franklin Park, community continues to call for accountability | abc7chicago.com
One year after Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez was shot and killed by a federal agent in Franklin Park, the community continues to call for accountability.
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I find it a real shame that EOB acts like an advocate for DV victims and survivors meanwhile she gets Keshia Golden to plea to a manslaughter charge by pursuing 1st degree murder charges, risking Keshia 20-60 years in prison and her daughter a life without her mother. 19thnews.org/2026/08/kesh...
19thnews.org
Keshia Golden, who said she killed boyfriend in self-defense, accepts plea deal
As a Black woman and survivor of domestic violence, she chose not to gamble on a trial that could have seen her imprisoned for at least 20 years.
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thanks to the caller who ask about the retrying Ivy Kelly, which she refused to talk about. Kelly has been in max security prison for the 1999 murder of his best friend and only continues to be in prison because he maintains his innocence despite evidence falling apart www.wbez.org/criminal-jus...
wbez.org
After decades behind bars, Ivy Kelly was given a choice: Walk free or keep fighting to clear his name
A deal offered by prosecutors would have required Kelly to admit guilt following a murder trial tainted by a corrupt detective and ineffective counsel. Our reporter met Kelly inside the Cook County Ja...
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Just finished listening, great follow up questions from @pksmid.bsky.social throughout. I did not know she was also using our tax dollars to fight Certificates of Innocence for people already exonerated by the State Supreme Court www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
cbsnews.com
Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke is fighting innocence claims more often, hiring outside counsel to help
New Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke is fighting innocence claims more often than her predecessor, Kim Foxx, and hiring outside counsel to help.
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Or why she thinks this is justice, locking people up for years before trial, only for them to be found innocent? chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...
chicago.suntimes.com
State's attorney's proposed pretrial changes undermine justice
Requiring incarceration based on the charge alone would be both unconstitutional and disastrous.
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Or why she’s seeking decades in prison for an anti-violence volunteer for turning in a gun to the police? abc7chicago.com/post/chicago...
abc7chicago.com
Chicago anti-violence volunteer faces gun charges after trying to turn firearm in at police station
Nakia Smith said he believed he could surrender the gun without being questioned despite his criminal record.
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Cat Sharp @catsharp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Maybe someone can call in and ask why she’s only charged 1 ICE agent since Midway Blitz with a misdemeanor for battering a senior meanwhile she’s throwing the fucking book at DV survivors acting in self defense?
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 16/09/2026
‘Broadview Six’ lawyers demand communications between US attorney’s office and DC
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‘Broadview Six’ lawyers demand communications between US attorney’s office and DC
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