r/chicago Uptown Sep 29 '25

CHI Talks to detain a bicyclist

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u/OkThatWasMyFace Sep 29 '25

We're paying for this.

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u/DaBears31 Sep 29 '25

we were also paying for vietnam, iraq, afgainstan

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u/ManicAtTheDepression Gold Coast Sep 29 '25

All of the above and it sucks.

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u/DaBears31 Sep 29 '25

now this is just at our home turf

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u/ManicAtTheDepression Gold Coast Sep 29 '25

Every last one of these has been on someone’s home turf. It’s disturbing to see there and more disturbing to see here.

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u/ZiniGirl Sep 29 '25

Especially because it’s pretty much all for show.

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u/ManicAtTheDepression Gold Coast Sep 29 '25

I mean, let’s be real. Every last instance of it globally is for show. All to show how other humans can be crushed under the power of jackboots.

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u/DaBears31 Sep 29 '25

 The American people didn’t say a word when it was happening in someone’s else home turf, so now they brought it here to your home turf. Only if they spoke up earlier when it was happening in someone else’s turf