Department of Homeland Security agents were seen abandoning one attempt to arrest a man in Chicago over the weekend after being outnumbered by protesters. In at least one case, the Chicago Police Department was ordered not to assist federal agents swarmed by demonstrators, according to reports. In v...
  • criss_cross@lemmy.world
    56·
    29 days ago

    Doesn’t help that ICE actually tear-gassed some CPD in an earlier protest.

    Broadview chief says he’s never had the CPD so poorly treated by a federal agency

    These are not the best and brightest invading my city.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/broadview-criminal-investigations-ice-activity-facility-fence/

    EDIT: ICE are also making fake 911 calls to drain police resources

    https://www.reddit.com/r/chicago/comments/1nzmbjw/broadview_police_chief_says_ice_making_false_911/

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    53·
    29 days ago

    They’re not protecting citizens from ICE either…

    The absence of evil is nice and all, but that’s not the bare minimum for good.

    And cops still do a lot of evil on their own.

    • evenglow@lemmy.world
      4·
      29 days ago

      And cops still do a lot of evil on their own.

      Cops know that. They also know people who live there know it to.

      ICE has no obligation to protect Chicago cops.

  • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    34·
    29 days ago

    Fox News makes this sound like border patrol agents were getting beat up and the cops refused to help.

    In videos circulated on Instagram, two masked agents could be seen trying to take a man into custody in the middle of a busy street.

    Drivers shouted at the federal agents and blew their horns as onlookers gathered. The struggle went on for several minutes before the agents released the man and fled in an unmarked vehicle.

    In reality, people yelled and honked their horns while the masked federal agents tried unsuccessfully to kidnap a man off the streets. Boo fucking hoo.

  • Veedem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    29 days ago

    As I posted elsewhere

    Honestly, what about ANY of this scene makes it look like official law enforcement business other than the greater context? If this scene were to occur in a bubble, it would look like a very public kidnapping and the kidnappers would be at real risk of being killed/hurt by a Good Samaritan.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      28 days ago

      Some of the footage MeidasTouch posted this morning was really wild. Some asshat just pulling out his gun and brandishing it/pointing it at protesters.

      And he’s not wearing a mask - I hope that POS gets doxxed and faces legal consequences.

  • chosensilence@pawb.social
    221·
    29 days ago

    Chicago PD is its own gang and federal thugs complicate things. Gov. Pritzker has tight control over Chicago and the police know he isn’t merely talk when it comes to resisting outsiders meddling.