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[–] 135 points 11 months ago (8 children)

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

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    [–] 124 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    On Sunday, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News that Chicago was a "war zone" where her agents were not welcome to use restrooms.

    Good. They should not feel welcome ANYWHERE they go; no comfort, no peace, to the enemy.

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  • [–] 55 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Noem: It's a war zone out there! It's crazy!

    Them: What do you mean? People are shooting at each other? Bodies in the streets?

    Noem: They won't let us pee in their restrooms!

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  • [–] 31 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Well did the ICE agents submit to gender checks first, to make sure they’re using the correct restroom? A copy of their birth certificate should suffice.

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  • [–] 20 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Something, something - Third Amendment?

    I’m not an American - but I’m pretty sure the 3rd basically means that they can (and should) be refused service freely by anyone and everyone who wants to?

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    [–] 82 points 11 months ago (15 children)

    Huh, I guess cops arnt always shitty.

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  • [–] 69 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Almost every time like the one we are currently living in involves police/military people having to decide where their loyalties lie. Sometimes it's with the people, sometimes it's with the regime. Very often it is different between different agencies (with the lowest-level ones tending to side with the people).

    The US is such a patchwork (both organizationally and on in individual level for each cop) that I think there will be a big and chaotic variety. It could range from sheriff's departments headed by Trump-loyal sheriffs who are willing to go to war with city agencies who are trying to protect their people, all the way over to city cops who eventually start actively defending their cities against the feds who are trying to do obviously illegal things there. That last one hasn't happened yet but I think it may be right around the corner. Things are changing. Those city workers telling Kristi Noem to get fucked from being allowed to pee in Broadview City Hall, that stuff doesn't happen in a vacuum.

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  • [–] 52 points 11 months ago

    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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  • [–] 18 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Cops don't want anyone above them interfering with their city racket.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago*

    Cops are weird, it's a mix of 'this our turf, you wanted to come in here so FAFO', laziness, a vague sense of duty directed at ???, and some eclectic variety of incoherent personal politics that separates the feds into the camp of 'other' at least temporarily.

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    [–] 51 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 43 points 11 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 47 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 19 points 11 months ago

    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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  • [–] 37 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    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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    [–] 36 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    Not saying I'm a fan of the police, but I think they made a good call this time.

    ..... this time.

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  • [–] 26 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    It's Illinois state law that they're prohibited from assisting federal agents in doing federal agent stuff.

    So for once the cops were actually following the law.

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    [–] 29 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    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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    [+] 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
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  • [–] 27 points 11 months ago

    That's the Chicago way.

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  • [–] 26 points 11 months ago

    “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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  • [–] 20 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Finally cops standing there doing nothing works in our favor. I never thought I'd see the day.

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    [–] 20 points 11 months ago

    Tbh, if there's one thing that CPD won't ever do is help a person in trouble.

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  • [–] 20 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    They earned this round of donuts.

    Always remember: A cop that's eating, can't give a beating

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    [–] 15 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Do not capitulate, make them make you.

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    [–] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

    Chicago cops are pretty corrupt. So this tells you something.

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