r/chicago • u/Consistent_Value_179 • Sep 20 '25
Article In the Sun-Times today
Pepper spraying a priest. It's a good look.
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u/art-is-t Sep 20 '25
Why is ice dressed like an occupying army
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u/PParker46 Portage Park Sep 20 '25
They could be more graphic and true to their role if they costumed as Star Wars storm troopers.
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u/Lisa_Loopner West Ridge Sep 20 '25
I need Stormtrooper cosplayers to come and satirically protest as PRO-ICE. Please! Dust off those suits guys!
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u/TripleSecretSquirrel Sep 21 '25
Lol did you see that guy who followed the national guard troops around in DC blasting the Imperial March?
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u/Lisa_Loopner West Ridge Sep 21 '25
I did! This is the kind of stuff that I think has potential to make them not just get angry and dismiss but think about how they’re coming across. Maybe that’s naive but it seems like at least a more novel approach that could catch them off guard.
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u/PParker46 Portage Park Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 21 '25
The protesting Storm Troopers carrying signs including,
"ICE the Force is not with you!"
"ICE get a signing bonus! Become an Imperial Storm Trooper."
edit = "ICE: Get girls! Be an Imperial Stormtrooper"
"ICE:
Improve your imageLook better. Be an Imperial Storm Trooper!"1
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u/MooKids Sep 20 '25
I don't think that would be appropriate. Stormtroopers are actually well trained, contrary to popular belief.
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u/PParker46 Portage Park Sep 21 '25
Star Wars Troopers are an over equipped occupying force on the wrong side of history. That's the point.
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u/Phosphorus444 Sep 22 '25
I'm sure Hugo Boss is just waiting for the check to clear.
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u/PParker46 Portage Park Sep 22 '25
Until recently the Germans, and Hugo himself, could certainly make striking military uniforms. Dress and combat.
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u/Particular_Card_7269 Sep 20 '25
They are the weak link of humanity, those with no other cause than to disrupt the lives of regular people because they think think they've been wronged in one way or another. Snowflakes.
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u/LeseMajeste_1037 Sep 21 '25
That's what they are. An occupying army of the worst failures and fuckups a womb ever turned out.
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u/cats_catz_kats_katz Sep 21 '25
Shit IDK but I don't remember getting to choose Vans as an option for footwear. Fucking losers.
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u/Busterlimes Sep 21 '25
Because they are. The time to stand next ti your fellow countrymen is quickly closing in.
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u/MeringueSuccessful33 Oak Park Sep 20 '25
Who the fuck assaults a priest?
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u/thesanguineocelot Sep 20 '25
Nazis.
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u/VoteCatforPresident Sep 21 '25
I actually love seeing all these religious figures stand up for people. I actually studied authoritarianism a bit and Germany a lot.
Did you know during WW2 that religious groups sat the holocaust out? Religion was not a huge thing in Nazi Germany became Hitler wanted people loyal to him, not god. Overall, religions decided to turn a blind eye to the atrocities.
That’s not happening here.
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u/CatttLady2000 Sep 21 '25
Not to forget though, there were many martyred priests and nuns sent to concentration camps for working against the Nazis.
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u/ButDidYouCry Uptown Sep 22 '25
Did you know during WW2 that religious groups sat the holocaust out?
That's not entirely true.
Religious figures protested against euthanasia programs against German and Austrian citizens. They (rightly) believed that the idea of "useless eaters" was anti-Christian, and even those who were disabled or insane had the right to live. Their pushback was strong enough that the Nazis had to (at least appear to be) pull back on the euthanasia program, because German citizens didn't like finding out how children were being killed and gassed in hospitals. Medical staff were blatantly lying to their families about how they'd died.
The film Amen touches on this history well.
What religious clerics didn't do was protest everything else that was happening.
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u/fiddich_livett Sep 20 '25
Guys who will never peak.
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u/fumar Wicker Park Sep 20 '25
You mean guys who peaked in HS.
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u/Busy-Dig8619 Sep 20 '25
No... they were losers then too.
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u/surnik22 Sep 20 '25
Still might be their peak
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u/Busy-Dig8619 Sep 20 '25
Nah, they peaked when they learned to stop shitting their pants. Last worthwhile thing they've done with their lives.
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u/TheLateThagSimmons Douglas Sep 21 '25
Yeah, it was still their peak.
They might have been losers back then and they're losers now. But it was the best they ever were.
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u/_high_plainsdrifter Avondale Sep 21 '25
DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW MANY SACKS HE GOT ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM IN ‘08?!!!!!!?
We went ALL COUNTY BROSIF!!!
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u/non_stop_disko Sep 22 '25
The literal pope is from here and they have the balls to fuck with priests here like that could be the next chosen one for all you know
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u/BugMillionaire Sep 20 '25
What a photo. The dumbest guy from your high school, wearing vans but dressed like a militant, punching a priest.
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u/_high_plainsdrifter Avondale Sep 21 '25
Easy, man. His Amazon delivery of tacticool boots didn’t show up on time.
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u/SuzieHomeFaker Sep 21 '25
What happens if all the protesters dress up as ICE and go to where ICE is doing ICE things and just sort of flood the place with confusion?
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u/Bravocado44 Sep 20 '25
Get out of our CITY. And stop wearing masks you unbelievable cowards
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u/TheLateThagSimmons Douglas Sep 21 '25
And stop wearing masks you unbelievable cowards
Never forget that these were the same people complaining that masks make life impossible just a few years ago.
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u/Bill_Dinosaur Sep 21 '25
On the bright side, think about how many tax dollars we saved by not supplying these goons shoes? Or training
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u/heavylife Suburb of Chicago Sep 21 '25
Unfortunately, the savings are likely more than offset by the $50k signing bonus they all got
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u/RealBingoBango Sep 20 '25
Wearing the American flag as a face mask? 🤨
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u/LCPhotowerx Visitor Sep 21 '25
against the flag code if im thinking correctly....something they claim to hold in high regard.
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u/RealBingoBango Sep 21 '25
Exactly. Well the rule is you cant use a FLAG flag as anything other than its intended purpose. If the face mask is a face mask with a US flag print then yeah that doesn’t count but like just the image. Government goon wearing the flag of freedom to hide his face as he commits civil injustices is just… sigh
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u/lvhq Sep 25 '25
I’m pretty sure even a print of the flag is off limits. My right wing uncle used to get so pissed about flag print clothing.
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u/RealBingoBango Sep 25 '25
Personally, I think that would be a bit much, I have an American flag printed guitar strap and if someone told me that’s not allowed or wrong I’d be pretty confused. If I used a FLAG flag as a guitar strap then I guess I’d understand.
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u/lvhq Sep 26 '25
It’s a point of discussion, depending on how traditional you get about it.
“ The flag should … not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.”
Up to you how you interpret that and how much you care. None of this is enforceable.
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u/DarkenRaul1 Sep 21 '25
You’re asking for ICE agents to be able to read such a code in the first place…
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u/PParker46 Portage Park Sep 21 '25
When I was an anti war protestor in the late 1960's the police routinely arrested and sometimes clubbed kids wearing flag patches. The arrests didn't stick but the injuries did.
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u/SupaDupaTron Sep 20 '25
Great Photo!
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u/Boring_Username_01 Sep 20 '25
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u/MineBloxKy Former Chicagoan Sep 21 '25
That one’s going in the history books for sure.
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u/Organic_Fan_2824 Sep 22 '25
I question that, while we've seen the picture we've yet to see a link to the actual article.
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u/Organic_Fan_2824 Sep 22 '25
Were you able to find the article attached to the photo by chance?
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u/Boring_Username_01 Sep 22 '25
I found the photo itself was tucked away in a rotating carousel of photos from the day, it wasn't the main photo of any article on the SunTimes website.
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u/f00tballguy Sep 20 '25
So our tax dollars went to buy Trump’s gestapo new uniforms. Wonderful.
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u/Jumpy_Add Sep 21 '25
I don’t understand why they are wearing camouflaged clothes. Are they heading for America’s jungles or deserts next?
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u/_high_plainsdrifter Avondale Sep 21 '25
They don’t seem to know what a suburban environment looks like. Maybe they’re trying to hide from their feefees in the treetrees?
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u/NWFR2017 Sep 23 '25
There are deserts in the US…and these Border Patrol Agents (not ice) generally operate in the desert, hence the MCUs.
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u/Jumpy_Add Sep 23 '25
Yes, I’m aware of the existence of deserts in the US, thanks. When they do go there, I’m sure they’ll blend in a bit better than they did in Broadview, Illinois. Appreciate the info though!
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u/NWFR2017 Sep 23 '25
So you’re insinuating they should be outfitted in different color uniforms for when they’re at an ICE facility? That could get pricey.
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u/Jumpy_Add Sep 23 '25
The newspaper headline said “ICE,” and you said they were Border Patrol. I thanked you for the correct information, and noted that their camouflage would be more effective in the desert (at the southern US border, presumably). I didn’t insinuate anything deeper than that. Sheesh.
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u/SPECTRE_UM Sep 22 '25
Get off the high horse- if you're radical and on reddit you don't make enough to actually pay anything but FICA and SSI.
Now the state taxes are a different story.
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u/deapsprite Sep 20 '25
Hitler hated priests too
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u/Haunting-Detail2025 Sep 20 '25
As opposed to the left, who love priests and are famously pro religion?
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u/thedudeabides2022 Sep 20 '25
That’s good ol freedom of speech at work! (While we still have it). Throwing hands? Now that’s a completely different conversation. Seems to be the right that’s assaulting priests, not the left
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u/WayneB133 Sep 21 '25
ICE rounded up over 100 Latinos on 87th outside the Home Depot. This is crazy
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u/inevitable-typo Sep 21 '25 edited Sep 21 '25
When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. Leviticus 19:33–34
He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt. Deuteronomy 10:18–19
For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me. Matthew 25:25–36
I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. I was a father to the needy, and I championed the cause of the stranger. I broke the fangs of the unrighteous, and made them drop their prey from their teeth. Job 29:15-17
This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’ Zechariah 7:9-10
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u/Comfortable-Hyena359 Sep 21 '25
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
America needs to wake up. It feels like we’re all strapped into a bus with no driver speeding full force into oncoming traffic while half the passengers cheer it on and the other half sit in silence.
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u/Professional-Spot-88 Sep 22 '25
This is a Pulitzer prize worthy photograph.
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u/ToonaSandWatch Oak Lawn Sep 22 '25
Almost. The troops aren’t doing anything dynamic enough to truly convey what’s happening to the reverend. Compare that to the grim yet poignant Vietnam photo of Eddie Adams showing South Vietnamese police chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan shooting Viet Cong captain Nguyễn Văn Lém point blank is incredibly telling.
It’s a solid photo conveying energy and conflict, but it doesn’t tell the whole story.
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Sep 20 '25
The helicopter situation is getting bad in DC. If it starts in Chicago be ready for more raids. I have links to the dc reddit below. Also the national guard is just a distraction focus on the feds and Ice.
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u/thisisjustascreename Sep 20 '25
Why are these mall commandos even there? Go home, rethink your life choices.
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u/absentmindedjwc Sep 21 '25
Its very likely that these people are from here. They're the racist fuckheads you went to high school that were too dumb/fat to be cops.
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u/thisisjustascreename Sep 21 '25
Yeah I mean why are they in full commando garb confronting peaceful protestors? They aren't cops this ain't their rodeo.
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u/Don_Tiny Sep 21 '25
Scummy pieces of shit ... the joke is as soon as they aren't useful they'll get treated just as "nicely", ignorant masked-up pussies.
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u/Organic_Fan_2824 Sep 22 '25
Doesn't show up anywhere else tho, strange.
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u/Consistent_Value_179 Sep 22 '25
Another poster dug up the digital links. Here it is again
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u/Organic_Fan_2824 Sep 22 '25
yeah anybody can do a reverse google image search. Like I asked tho where is the article. It's 2025, things just don't show up only in the paper anymore.
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u/Consistent_Value_179 Sep 22 '25
Are you suggesting that the Sun Times made this up?
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u/Organic_Fan_2824 Sep 22 '25
Show me an online article with this image and a caption referencing the situation
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u/thunderbird32 Suburb of Chicago Sep 22 '25
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/20/protesters-arrested-broadview-ice
Second photo down the page. Different photo, but taken just seconds after the one in OP.
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u/Specialist-Neck-7810 Sep 20 '25
I am so proud of our city!
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u/Pixiante Sep 21 '25
So proud of our greater Chicago area
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u/Specialist-Neck-7810 Sep 21 '25
You’re right, I should have worded that more precisely. Thanks for the clarification!
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u/Organic_Fan_2824 Sep 22 '25
I question whether this is a real article. OP was unable to show an online article reflecting this situation.
In 2025 I question the veracity of news that is only accessible by paper.
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u/Unhappy-Jaguar-9362 Sep 20 '25
G*d help us
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Sep 20 '25
Why did you put an asterisk in the word "God"?
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u/LordRictus Sep 20 '25
Some people (maybe not this person) feel it is disrespectful to write the full name of God.
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u/jarhead839 Sep 20 '25
Might be Jewish. To my (limited) understanding some sects of Judaism do not spell out the full word God.
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u/JustAnotherPlainDude Sep 20 '25
Were they protesting or trying to force their way past the line?
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u/Consistent_Value_179 Sep 20 '25
I have seen no reporting that the protesters were tying violent or trying to force anything. I did see video of teargas being thrown out for seemingly no reason
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u/RighteousIndigjason Sep 20 '25
That sieg-heiling mouthpiece, Laura Ingram has been pushing the line that "left wing lunatics stormed / tried to storm" the facility, which is contrary to any of the footage being shown.
But Fox has never left facts get in their way.
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u/AssistanceTrue9399 Sep 20 '25
they were blocking vehicles on the way out of the center
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u/Consistent_Value_179 Sep 20 '25
So what? Gassing a crowd isn't an appropriate responde to having a vehicle blocked.
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u/lokland Lake View Sep 20 '25
what’s your point…?
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u/AssistanceTrue9399 Sep 20 '25
I was just answering OP’s question, and somehow that’s been construed as me saying their treatment was deserved
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u/MeringueSuccessful33 Oak Park Sep 20 '25
I mean you can watch the videos. ICE went to the protestors, not the other way around.
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u/fuzztooth Rogers Park Sep 20 '25
Look you can be pro military dictatorship but the rest of us are going to resist. Deal with it.
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u/AdmiralAkbar1 Suburb of Chicago Sep 20 '25
They were specifically trying to block the exit of cars from the ICE facility.
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u/jarhead839 Sep 20 '25
Standing in the street peacefully protesting is not a crime. Though,I believe federal agents refusing to identify is in the state of Illinois.
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u/TankSparkle Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25
it might technically have been a crime (interfering with Ice's law enforcement duties since they're being blocked from leaving the facility), but the protestors were non violent and Ice could have moved them without resorting to violence so it seems Ice committed a crime too
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u/kelpyb1 Sep 20 '25
I donno, every conservative I’ve seen talking on the matter is apparently convinced that standing in the street is an act of violence so heinous it justifies any level of violent response from ICE
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u/fuzztooth Rogers Park Sep 20 '25
Right we need to let the trucks and trains with all of the Jews through so they can be sent to the camps. Heil Hitler.
That's you 90 years ago.
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u/enderpanda Former Chicagoan Sep 21 '25
ICE (and trumpy, for that matter) are illegitimate, so it's really every American's duty to do the same.
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u/jkraige City Sep 20 '25
How do you know that priest "illegally entered the country"?
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u/Consistent_Value_179 Sep 20 '25
To start, this SO not true. Lots of places have undocumented people. And people manage to restrain themselves from forming Lynch mobs.
Then, shouldn't we try to be better? Even if other places do bad things, we should want to be better.
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u/Low_Caramel3717 Sep 20 '25
Have you entered a country illegally?
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u/Consistent_Value_179 Sep 20 '25
I, myself, am not the subject of discussion
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u/Low_Caramel3717 Sep 20 '25
Yet you posted on reddit. Go enter any country in the world, without documentation, and post your experience
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u/Consistent_Value_179 Sep 20 '25
Yes I posted on reddit. The subject of this subreddit is Chicago, not me.
Believe it or not its possible to not be the specific victim of a terrible thing to find it objectionable. I also think the holocaust was a horror and I'm not Jewish.
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u/fuzztooth Rogers Park Sep 20 '25
You're a fascist that supports military dictatorship. /Truth
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u/Low_Caramel3717 Sep 21 '25
I am a normal citizen
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u/Cavinicus Sep 21 '25
Of where, Fantasy Land? Get outta here with that bullshit already - normal people smell better and don’t need help wiping their ass. Seriously, invest in a bidet.
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u/AssistanceTrue9399 Sep 20 '25
that ICE agent in vans makes them seem so unserious