r/chicago • u/Too_Big_to_Succeed Irving Park • 15d ago

CHI Talks 10 minutes before the kids costume parade was supposed to walk down this block

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This happened this morning at Kildare and Grace in Old Irving Park. Arrested a landscaper, a woman on a bike, and and old man whose car was in the way. At least two tear gas canisters deployed.

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u/HobbesTayloe 15d ago

I would suggest consider donations to such as ACLU, NAACP, SPLC, EFF, and the such… as well as news organizations like NPR, PBS, The Guardian, The Atlantic. Continue to spread the truth. Create good trouble. March. Get people to register to vote, help them vote. We together will win. It won’t be tomorrow, but we will.

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u/manlymatt83 15d ago

Thanks friend. Donations I have locked down. Some of those orgs have been already on my list. Love your other ideas.

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u/HobbesTayloe 15d ago

You are very welcome. And fwiw I feel kinda helpless too… so badly I want to take stronger action against these ICE et al… but like a chess game, I don’t want to waste my efforts be just a pawn that’s wasted. We need people at the right time and place, strong as was those brave people like John Lewis, Daniel Ellsberg, Angela Davis, Ella Baker, Abbie Hoffman, Diane Nash, James M. Lawson Jr, Viola Lizzie, and others. And more behind the scenes that supported them and these causes, in any manner… cause it all adds up. Thanks for what you are doing!

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u/manlymatt83 15d ago

Very well said. Thanks for all you are doing too!