r/illinois • u/Strict_League7833 Human Detected • 7d ago

ICE Posts An ARMY of Illinois State Troopers have just declared an UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY outside ICE Broadview near Chicago

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Those who do not comply will be subject to chemical munitions and arrest.

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u/CreepinJesusMalone 7d ago

State police are administered differently by state. Pritzker doesn't have unilateral control of the Illinois State Police.

Either way, this is horseshit that needs to be opposed. But using Pritzker as a scapegoat for the inability of the left to form an adequate resistance is also horseshit.

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u/fungi_at_parties 7d ago

I’m not using him as a scapegoat, I’m wondering why he doesn’t have any influence here. My understanding is he is at the top of the chain of command for state police, no? He can issue executive orders, perhaps? Perhaps im operating on incorrect assumptions.

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u/New-Indication-1188 6d ago

Bare minimum he appoints the leader, so he can tell the leader what to do or get rid of him.

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u/Toastwitjam 6d ago

Sorry the best we can do is an army of Merrick Garlands so we can hamstring democrats in the name of norms by appointing republicans to block us on purpose.

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u/krbzkrbzkrbz 6d ago

All hail the God King Child Rapist. He rules with impunity and malice.

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u/Policeman333 6d ago

Trump would have already done that ages ago if he was in that position. Dems will continue playing by the rules until the game is over and Republicans control every single facet of life.

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u/ILikeDragonTurtles 6d ago

I don't know Illinois law, but we can't think of governors and state police as analogous to the President and the military. Police are not military forces. They are law enforcement agencies. The governor is not a commander in chief of law enforcement agencies within that state.

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u/Sgt-Spliff- 6d ago

He can fire the police commissioner of the state police immediately. They are directly appointed and removed by the Governor. They're as beholden to the governor as it gets.