Sharlyn Grace
@sharlyngrace.bsky.social
She/her. Lawyer supporting social movements & public defense policy advocate in Chicago.
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In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds in military gear flood downtown Chicago; top border official says arrests based on 'how they look'
The immigration agents were spotted making arrests in downtown Chicago and River North neighborhood early Sunday.
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September 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
In which a top US Border Patrol official, incredibly, tells my tall and Anglo colleague @chipmitchell1.bsky.social that he's not the type they're looking for as they go about downtown Chicago arresting people based on "how they look"
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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If you'll be in Chicago this summer, walking tour season is in full swing. You should organize a self-guided tour using our guidebook Lifting As They Climbed [it's actually great!]. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2003-l...
Lifting As They Climbed
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June 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
If you'll be in Chicago this summer, walking tour season is in full swing. You should organize a self-guided tour using our guidebook Lifting As They Climbed [it's actually great!]. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2003-l...
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I'm gutted and furious that the Iranian people will be injured, harmed and killed as a result of this absolutely depraved act of violence. What a complete travesty on every single level.
June 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I'm gutted and furious that the Iranian people will be injured, harmed and killed as a result of this absolutely depraved act of violence. What a complete travesty on every single level.
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Today, young people from Chicago are gathering at the city council to share their testimonies about the harm that the proposed snap curfew will have on their lives. They are urging elected officials to vote NO on the snap curfew proposal.
#SnapCurfew #YouthLeadership #YouthEmpowerment #Chicago
#SnapCurfew #YouthLeadership #YouthEmpowerment #Chicago
June 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Today, young people from Chicago are gathering at the city council to share their testimonies about the harm that the proposed snap curfew will have on their lives. They are urging elected officials to vote NO on the snap curfew proposal.
#SnapCurfew #YouthLeadership #YouthEmpowerment #Chicago
#SnapCurfew #YouthLeadership #YouthEmpowerment #Chicago
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[World News Section]
Regime Imprisons Minority Party Local Finance Minister in Latest Crackdown
Regime Imprisons Minority Party Local Finance Minister in Latest Crackdown
WATCH: NYC comptroller Brad Lander says he sat in a detention room for 3.5 hours without hearing a word about why he was arrested.
"They knew who I was. There's no doubt they knew I was the comptroller."
"They knew who I was. There's no doubt they knew I was the comptroller."
June 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
[World News Section]
Regime Imprisons Minority Party Local Finance Minister in Latest Crackdown
Regime Imprisons Minority Party Local Finance Minister in Latest Crackdown
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The punishment for throwing a brick at a deputy is not summary execution in the street, and this man should removed from his position. He is not qualified to enforce the law in a Constitutional democracy.
“If you throw a brick at one of our deputies we’re gonna be notifying your family of where to collect your remains because we will kill you, graveyard dead, we’re not gonna play.”
- the Brevard County Sheriff, in a live press conference.
These guys are foaming at the mouth to go full brownshirts.
- the Brevard County Sheriff, in a live press conference.
These guys are foaming at the mouth to go full brownshirts.
June 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The punishment for throwing a brick at a deputy is not summary execution in the street, and this man should removed from his position. He is not qualified to enforce the law in a Constitutional democracy.
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Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
June 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.
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What’s wild about the current political use of “antisemitism” (as opposed to its actual instances) is it has nothing to do with Jewish people at all. So much so that an Italian sexual harasser can wield it against a Muslim who is endorsed by a Jewish candidate. It’s just all nonsense.
June 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
What’s wild about the current political use of “antisemitism” (as opposed to its actual instances) is it has nothing to do with Jewish people at all. So much so that an Italian sexual harasser can wield it against a Muslim who is endorsed by a Jewish candidate. It’s just all nonsense.
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yep. a common form of wishful thinking seems to be that 'good cops' (or perhaps 'good soldiers') will protect liberals from fash. in reality, actually-existing police have been instrumental political actors in the rise of fascism
Those cops have been chomping at the bit to arrest a democratic senator for years. They will purge every Democrat in congress the moment they get the chance.
June 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
yep. a common form of wishful thinking seems to be that 'good cops' (or perhaps 'good soldiers') will protect liberals from fash. in reality, actually-existing police have been instrumental political actors in the rise of fascism
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NLG Chicago just released a brief statement. They're estimating 15 people have been arrested tonight. Volunteers will track them through the system and report releases.
Jail support has been mobilized (note: Chicago also has a permanent JS crew stationed outside Cook County Jail year round).
Jail support has been mobilized (note: Chicago also has a permanent JS crew stationed outside Cook County Jail year round).
June 11, 2025 at 3:32 AM
NLG Chicago just released a brief statement. They're estimating 15 people have been arrested tonight. Volunteers will track them through the system and report releases.
Jail support has been mobilized (note: Chicago also has a permanent JS crew stationed outside Cook County Jail year round).
Jail support has been mobilized (note: Chicago also has a permanent JS crew stationed outside Cook County Jail year round).
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NLG Chicago had Legal Observers present at all three anti-ICE and pro-immigrant protests today in Chicago. Our Mass Defense Committee is tracking an estimated 15 arrested people & working with jail support to ensure they’re safely released.
June 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
NLG Chicago had Legal Observers present at all three anti-ICE and pro-immigrant protests today in Chicago. Our Mass Defense Committee is tracking an estimated 15 arrested people & working with jail support to ensure they’re safely released.
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We demand the immediate release of Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda (A 208-276-014), a long-time Chicago resident, loving mother and grandmother, and a dedicated community leader, who was unjustly detained during a routine ISAP check-in on June 4. Sign here.
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June 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
We demand the immediate release of Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda (A 208-276-014), a long-time Chicago resident, loving mother and grandmother, and a dedicated community leader, who was unjustly detained during a routine ISAP check-in on June 4. Sign here.
ocadchi.salsalabs.org/freegladis/i...
ocadchi.salsalabs.org/freegladis/i...
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Anyone who lives in NYC, please realize how easy it is for what’s happening in LA to happen there (you should know the NYPD!) and what Andrew Cuomo would do to you all if he were mayor
June 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Anyone who lives in NYC, please realize how easy it is for what’s happening in LA to happen there (you should know the NYPD!) and what Andrew Cuomo would do to you all if he were mayor
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Keep standing up Los Angeles. You are leading the way by example. We need to oppose fascism with every fiber of our being.
June 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Keep standing up Los Angeles. You are leading the way by example. We need to oppose fascism with every fiber of our being.
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Abrego Garcia being returned to the USA not 24 hrs after matty y went to the mattyresses to argue it was a classic example of a lost cause is the perfect distillation of the value of matty y as a political observer
June 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Abrego Garcia being returned to the USA not 24 hrs after matty y went to the mattyresses to argue it was a classic example of a lost cause is the perfect distillation of the value of matty y as a political observer
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Some quotes are too good to cut
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May 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Some quotes are too good to cut
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DoJ just settled its lawsuit with Albuquerque PD. 10+ years later, APD shoots and kills more people than ever.
Police “reform” is bullshit, it just gives the cops resources and training on how to find all use of force as “justified”
searchlightnm.org/can-the-albu...
Police “reform” is bullshit, it just gives the cops resources and training on how to find all use of force as “justified”
searchlightnm.org/can-the-albu...
Can the Albuquerque Police Department ever be reformed? | Searchlight New Mexico
Despite 10 years of federal oversight, Albuquerque police are killing more people than ever
searchlightnm.org
May 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
DoJ just settled its lawsuit with Albuquerque PD. 10+ years later, APD shoots and kills more people than ever.
Police “reform” is bullshit, it just gives the cops resources and training on how to find all use of force as “justified”
searchlightnm.org/can-the-albu...
Police “reform” is bullshit, it just gives the cops resources and training on how to find all use of force as “justified”
searchlightnm.org/can-the-albu...
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It’s almost as if effective advocacy and leadership, whether for good or evil, can shape public opinion, and it’s possible to work to frame issues instead of passively responding to the way the opposition frames them and accepting their characterization of what is “moderate.”
Rare for a public poll, we did a survey experiment to test whether priming respondents about the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia impacts support for Trump's broader immigration agenda. It does. Support for blanket deportations fell 20 points after hearing about Garcia's case.
May 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
It’s almost as if effective advocacy and leadership, whether for good or evil, can shape public opinion, and it’s possible to work to frame issues instead of passively responding to the way the opposition frames them and accepting their characterization of what is “moderate.”
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Not content with mocking the civil rights movement, they’re just going around the world to collect every white racist loser in modern history.
This government's been failing moral tests pretty consistently for a while now but "who were the bad guys in apartheid?" is a pretty easy one and everyone's had the answer key for 40+ years
May 13, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Not content with mocking the civil rights movement, they’re just going around the world to collect every white racist loser in modern history.
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New from Public Collectors: Why Self-Publish Under Fascism? This publication was prompted by an invitation from Mariame Kaba to join her in a discussion titled: Why Make Zines in 2025: Information Control Under Fascism. Short, sweet, tough and just $3.00 from: halfletterpress.com/why-self-pub...
May 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New from Public Collectors: Why Self-Publish Under Fascism? This publication was prompted by an invitation from Mariame Kaba to join her in a discussion titled: Why Make Zines in 2025: Information Control Under Fascism. Short, sweet, tough and just $3.00 from: halfletterpress.com/why-self-pub...