Lollapooza but instead of musicians on the giant screens, it’s just a live feed of things that may or may not emit loud noises, that may or may not sound like a firearm. They’re calling it SpotterPalooza.

unraveled@unraveledpress.com · yesterday

Chicago needs 15 million new cops to fund 15 million new NASCAR races. We're turning Lake Michigan into the first fully aquatic data center. Every kindergarten will be equipped with ToddlerSpotter. It's not ShotSpotter! It's better—SWAT will be alerted every time naptime needs to be enforced

Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo didn't deserve to die in a concentration camp. No one deserves to die in a concentration camp. Every single death at ICE's hands, every day this modern day gestapo and these modern day concentration camps exist, is a crime against every single one of us.

Gwynne Hogan@gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 2d ago

A 39-year-old El Salvadoran man, who was being held at Delaney Hall, has died, the man's family says. He's the father of a 12-year-old US citizen daughter and has lived in the country for nearly 20 years. www.thecityreporter.nyc/2026/08/03/s...

Happening now: Chicago immigrant advocacy groups are holding a presser outside the city's immigration court to address "mega master" hearings: These are first appearance hearings where 1 immigration judge can address 100s of cases at a time, as part of the Trump admin's push to rush deportations.

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New: Chicagoans held a small vigil on Tuesday for Corey Ruiz, who police shot and killed in Madison, WI last Wednesday. The vigil followed an outpouring of community outrage in Madison over the past week, as hundreds took to the street to demand justice for this latest instance of police violence.

Chicagoans hold vigil for man killed by Wisconsin police

An unidentified Madison police officer shot and killed 38-year-old Corey Ruiz last week at close range after he was already on the ground, prompting large protests in the Wisconsin capital.

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While speakers thanked attendees for showing up, they called for more people to show up and protest the continued police violence impacting cities across the country.

Federal agents continue to arrest people at or near Chicagoland courts. Rapid responders report that earlier today, ICE took one person near the Kankakee County, IL courthouse. Photos & video shared online corroborate, showing agents placing a man into a Ford (with no front plate) near the court.

Near the ICE facility in Broadview, IL, protesters just marched again in memory of those killed by immigration enforcement. Marchers hold tombstone signs labeled with, and recite the names of over 200 dead since 2018.

Someone once called this “DoodleBob Corner” and I can’t call it anything else now 😂

Per the police shooting in Madison, WI today, this bears repeating: ICE, CBP, local cops; their violence is all connected. ICE represents an escalation of that violence to be sure. But we wouldn't be here here without years and years of collectively tolerating "regular" cops killing people.

unraveled@unraveledpress.com · last mo.

This normalization is taking place more easily precisely because we've also normalized a carceral system that has fed on millions, disproportionately Black and brown people. U.S. police killed 11K+ people in the last decade alone. And we are collectively numb to it:

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unraveled@unraveledpress.com · 3w ago

Happening now in Chicago: community members and activists are in the La Villita/Little Village neighborhood to demonstrate against continued ICE violence in across the country. In just the last two weeks, ICE agents have killed 2 men. A 3rd died running from agents, and a 4th died in ICE custody.

In Chicago’s Little Village, locals are currently holding an evening rally and vigil for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, two fathers killed by ICE just six days away from each other.

Important thread:

David Kurtz@davidkurtz.bsky.social · 3w ago

Hard to believe Trump DHS is still successfully bamboozling senators on this issue, but Sens. King and Collins both publicly stating that the FBI is investigating today's fatal ICE shooting in Maine doesn't mean what they seem to think it means. 3 points: www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/s...

What's the deal with the potential proposed transfer of ownership of Chicago's parking meter system to Stonepeak, a company profiting from Omni Air International ICE deportation flights? @djbyrnes1.bsky.social breaks down the latest. Finance committee meets again on Monday, July 13:

Ten months ago. If you don't know his name, please learn it and remember it today.

What happened to Silverio Villegas González

Immigration agents shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Friday—and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by videos captured by witnesses.

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Heavy ICE activity continued across Chicagoland over the July 4 weekend. Rapid responders reported at least 7 detainments (that we know of) yesterday alone. Outside the Will County courthouse in Joliet yesterday, onlookers also recorded an agent pushing one young observer to the ground, hard.

From the illinois community on Reddit: Ice Shoves Teen And Pulls Taser After Racially Profiling The Wrong Guy | Joliet 7/6

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Happy 4th of July from the ICE facility in Broadview, IL, where ~2 hrs ago a Fed fired pepper balls from inside his blacked out SUV, striking an older protester in the torso. Others rendered aid, quickly wiping the irritants off them and getting them a fresh shirt before taking them to the hospital.

Per video shared online, ICE agents detained a man inside the Country Club Hills, IL police office earlier this afternoon. The agents didn't respond to requests to show a warrant, pointed weapons at the man they detained, and one agent raised his fist at the man as another agent grabbed his arm.

Earlier this week, Intelligencer ran a piece called "ICE Won." We definitely don't agree with the title, but its gist—that the normalization of federal police violence is accelerating—is proving accurate. ICE arrests roughly doubled in Chicagoland in June over May. Some more thoughts on that:

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unraveled@unraveledpress.com · last mo.

Seven months ago, publications everywhere were extremely hesitant to name federal agents despite their violent behavior in public. With little budget or legal support, we took a risk when others wouldn't—because it was the right thing to do, and because the public needed to know:

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Good afternoon from the ICE facility at Broadview, Illinois, where protesters are preparing for their weekly Saturday demonstration. Passing cars coming off I-290 are greeted by protesters with megaphones. Sign: “PRITZKER IS WEAK ON ICE”

Correction: Will County rapid responders are now reporting that ICE agents took at least one person outside the courthouse in Joliet, IL around 11 a.m. That brings us to at least 5 reported ICE abductions across the Chicago area today alone (that I know of).

Dave Byrnes@djbyrnes1.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm not yet seeing any reports of confirmed abductions at or near the Will County court today; however, ICE has recently targeted the court in Joliet, and other courthouses in the Chicago area, despite an IL law granting people privilege from civil arrest while attending state court proceedings.

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Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Late-night jazz is coming back to the Green Mill.

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Video shared to social media by rapid response shows ICE agents abducting a man this A.M. from inside the Bridgeview Courthouse. Outside, Cook County Sheriff’s deputy Gigliotti #19013 daps it up with one of the agents. Asked about IL law preventing arrests at courthouses, deputy Glover shrugs.

It is wild to me how little attention the ramping up of ICE activity in Chicagoland is getting. Feds changed their tactics, operations are faster, more targeted, and broader operation range. My colleagues @djbyrnes1.bsky.social, @zoetakaki.bsky.social and @domguan.bsky.social wrote about it.

unraveled@unraveledpress.com · 2mo ago

New: We've been tracking reports of ICE activity across Chicagoland for five weeks. In that time, rapid responders have seen an escalation as feds have abducted dozens, caused at least two car crashes, threatened community members with weapons and flouted state courthouse protections. Read more:

This story took a lot. On several days that seemed like it'd be good to finalize things, we'd hear of some new ICE fracas we needed to include in the data and reporting. Now that it's done, kudos to @zoetakaki.bsky.social, @domguan.bsky.social and @andral404.bsky.social for their incredible work.

unraveled@unraveledpress.com · 2mo ago

New: We've been tracking reports of ICE activity across Chicagoland for five weeks. In that time, rapid responders have seen an escalation as feds have abducted dozens, caused at least two car crashes, threatened community members with weapons and flouted state courthouse protections. Read more:

This story took a lot; watching traumatizing videos of abductions and creating data out of ever-changing numbers. Proud of my @unraveledpress.com team. Thanks @domguan.bsky.social, @djbyrnes1.bsky.social, and @andral404.bsky.social for your collaboration on this story. It’s an important one.

unraveled@unraveledpress.com · 2mo ago

New: We've been tracking reports of ICE activity across Chicagoland for five weeks. In that time, rapid responders have seen an escalation as feds have abducted dozens, caused at least two car crashes, threatened community members with weapons and flouted state courthouse protections. Read more: