nigrotime
@nigrotime.bsky.social
Photojournalist. From conflicts to mosh pits. I will go anywhere… except shopping. www.nigrotime.com
Thank you @aclu.org and @nyclu.org for uplifting @nigrotime.bsky.social's story and the stories of the immigrants that he and so many other journalists helped bring to light.
ACLU@aclu.org · 3mo agoAs we and @nyclu.org litigate over ICE's pattern of arresting people who show up to their mandatory immigration hearings, photojournalists are a crucial resource to understand what's going on in 26 Federal Plaza. Photographing and reporting on ICE activity is a First Amendment right.
Thank you @aclu.org for amplifying and @brianedsall.bsky.social for taking the time and care to tell this story.
ACLU@aclu.org · 3mo agoAs we and @nyclu.org litigate over ICE's pattern of arresting people who show up to their mandatory immigration hearings, photojournalists are a crucial resource to understand what's going on in 26 Federal Plaza. Photographing and reporting on ICE activity is a First Amendment right.
Inside Manhattan federal courthouses, masked agents have been detaining immigrants and tearing families apart without due process. After a year of documentation, photojournalist @nigrotime.bsky.social speaks out on what he witnessed. 📝 My latest piece:
A Snapshot Into Darkness: Bearing Witness Inside 26 Federal Plaza
One year ago, Michael Nigro happened upon masked agents detaining immigrants in a Manhattan courthouse. From January 6th to the war in Ukraine, this has become the hardest story of his career.
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Tomorrow! Join the conversation with @el_tragon_de_LA @francia_garciah @nigrotime @kevinhfoster @freedomofthepressfoundation And follow these folks! 🗓️ Feb. 5, 2 p.m. ET RSVP: freedom.press/covering-imm...
🔔 Immigration enforcement reporting can be dangerous. Learn how lessons from one community can apply elsewhere with local journalists @eltragon.bsky.social, @franciagarciah.bsky.social, @nigrotime.bsky.social, and @kevinhfoster.bsky.social. Feb. 5, 2 pm ET RSVP: freedom.press/covering-immigration
I’ve seen a lot of videos showing the brutality of ICE, but none have brought it home to me like @nigrotime.bsky.social (Michael Nigro) and TRNN have. youtu.be/AF-k7Mq5Xqs?si
ICED out of America
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Grateful to Cameron Winter (@geesebandnyc) who graciously granted use of his beautiful song "$0" in my film about the ugly ecosystem happening inside the immigration courts in NYC. Link to full doc in thread
Here it is, my documentary short, "ICED out of America." Music "$0" Written and performed by Cameron Winter, Courtesy of Partisan Records & PIAS m.youtube.com/watch?v=AF-k...
ICED out of America
YouTube video by The Real News Network
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Here it is, my documentary short, "ICED out of America." Music "$0" Written and performed by Cameron Winter, Courtesy of Partisan Records & PIAS www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
ICED out of America
YouTube video by The Real News Network
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. ICED out of America A must see documentary by MICHAEL NIGRO For over 4 months, journalists have been bearing witness to America’s cruel and unusual treatment of immigrants and Trump’s militarized war against them. There seems to be no end in sight @therealnews.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF-k...
ICED out of America
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For her graduation day a woman in a Kean U. graduation gown wanted to visit her husband at the ICE Detention Center in Newark NJ. She was denied entrance. The husband’s hearing is next week. This is the ICE facility where Newark mayor #RasBaraka was arrested this week. 📸: @nigrotime.bsky.social
Freelance photojournalist @nigrotime.bsky.social was targeted with crowd-control munitions multiple times while documenting anti-deportation protests in LA on June 9. One of the shots struck him in the head but ricocheted off his helmet without injury. pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incident...
Freelance photojournalist @nigrotime.bsky.social was targeted with crowd-control munitions multiple times while documenting anti-deportation protests in LA on June 9. One of the shots struck him in the head but ricocheted off his helmet without injury.
Photojournalist struck in helmet by crowd-control munition at LA protest
Freelance photojournalist Michael Nigro was shot by police with a crowd-control munition, which ricocheted off his helmet, while documenting anti-deportation …
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"The job of a photojournalist is to document history as it happens...And I've been fortunate enough to be in some high octane situations that are kind of world changers...from Charlottesville to Standing Rock to January 6th to the Ukraine war." - @nigrotime.bsky.social FULL EPISODE: bit.ly/4kUFgXD
#landday nyc Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at New York's Union Square and marched to Times Square marking Land Day
Activists, politicians and allies gather for an emergency rally outside of the Stonewall Inn after the National Park Service (NPS) eliminated references to transgender and gender nonconforming people from the website for the Stonewall National Monument. #trans #stonewall #equality
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 9: Activist rally at a Tesla showroom on the westside of Manhattan on February 9, 2025 in New York City. @riseandresist.bsky.social
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 9: Activist rally at a Tesla showroom on the westside of Manhattan on February 9, 2025 in New York City. @riseandresist.bsky.social
some of my work at the #PalisadesFire Los Angeles, California. Also seen on this year's #Grammys.
some of my work at the #PalisadesFire Los Angeles, California. Aldo seen on #thegrammys.
some of my work at the #PalisadesFire Los Angeles, California. Aldo seen on #thegrammys.
Activists Rally For Trans Youth In Opposition To Trump Policies. The dozen or so kids (9-16 yrs old) who spoke delivered words that were righteous and sweet, fierce and brimming with a welcoming fellowship that this world needs. 4th frame Chase Strangio #transyouth #equality #protecttranskids
Bottom line, it would appear that ABC News relinquished its journalistic responsibilities. The president of ABC News had lunch with Susie Wiles, Trump’s incoming Chief of Staff, last week. In Florida. Read this piece by @sulliview.bsky.social
Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social · 2y agoIn settling a case they could have won against Trump, ABC News broke the first rule of resisting autocracy: “Do not obey in advance.” My post here: https://open.substack.com/pub/margaretsullivan/p/abc-news-should-never-have-settled?r=1yc91&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
