Taha Syed
@tahasyed.bsky.social
Chicago based videographer, DIY rock show archivist, international affairs reporter. Based on the Near West Side. Bike around with my camera a ton. Covering Chicago and Gaza with most my time, though I do it all.
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three people were actually arrested by the cook county sheriff’s office, according to an updated email they sent out.
most of the 15 are charged with resisting arrest/obstruction of justice/disobeying a police officer.
these kinds of charges from protests are frequently dropped bc they’re bogus.
most of the 15 are charged with resisting arrest/obstruction of justice/disobeying a police officer.
these kinds of charges from protests are frequently dropped bc they’re bogus.
illinois state police arrested eight additional people at broadview tonight for a total of 15 people arrested today, per an update from cook county sheriff’s office.
October 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
three people were actually arrested by the cook county sheriff’s office, according to an updated email they sent out.
most of the 15 are charged with resisting arrest/obstruction of justice/disobeying a police officer.
these kinds of charges from protests are frequently dropped bc they’re bogus.
most of the 15 are charged with resisting arrest/obstruction of justice/disobeying a police officer.
these kinds of charges from protests are frequently dropped bc they’re bogus.
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⚡️NEW from @dropsitenews.com: The Free Press Called Out "Incomplete" Reporting on Gaza's Starving Children. Here's the Complete Story.
Drop Site spoke to the actual families.
✍️By Maha Hussaini & @ryangrim.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/bari-weiss...
Drop Site spoke to the actual families.
✍️By Maha Hussaini & @ryangrim.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/bari-weiss...
The Free Press Called Out "Incomplete" Reporting on Gaza's Starving Children. Here's the Complete Story.
CBS's Bari Weiss touted Free Press article as the "ground truth." Drop Site spoke to the actual families.
www.dropsitenews.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
⚡️NEW from @dropsitenews.com: The Free Press Called Out "Incomplete" Reporting on Gaza's Starving Children. Here's the Complete Story.
Drop Site spoke to the actual families.
✍️By Maha Hussaini & @ryangrim.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/bari-weiss...
Drop Site spoke to the actual families.
✍️By Maha Hussaini & @ryangrim.bsky.social
www.dropsitenews.com/p/bari-weiss...
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Another ambulance arrives at the detention center. Presuming it could be the one from earlier returning, but either way, a grim reminder of what's happening behind the gates and boarded up windows.
October 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Another ambulance arrives at the detention center. Presuming it could be the one from earlier returning, but either way, a grim reminder of what's happening behind the gates and boarded up windows.
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Still in Broadview. At this point it's mostly press waiting around to see if they can spot any National Guard potentially rolling in tonight. Plenty of state troopers still on site.
October 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Still in Broadview. At this point it's mostly press waiting around to see if they can spot any National Guard potentially rolling in tonight. Plenty of state troopers still on site.
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New for The Ten Four:
A Los Angeles County court has accepted a plea disposition in the case of Eyal Shalom, who deployed chemical irritants on Mirror Media Group journalist Dolores Quintana while engaging protesters at UCLA.
latenfour.com/2025/10/06/m...
A Los Angeles County court has accepted a plea disposition in the case of Eyal Shalom, who deployed chemical irritants on Mirror Media Group journalist Dolores Quintana while engaging protesters at UCLA.
latenfour.com/2025/10/06/m...
Man Who Attacked Journalist At 2024 UCLA Attacks Escapes Prison Time
By Sean Beckner-Carmitchel Man Who Attacked Journalist At 2024 UCLA Attacks Escapes Prison Time LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County court has accepted a plea disposition in the case of Eyal Shalom, …
latenfour.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
New for The Ten Four:
A Los Angeles County court has accepted a plea disposition in the case of Eyal Shalom, who deployed chemical irritants on Mirror Media Group journalist Dolores Quintana while engaging protesters at UCLA.
latenfour.com/2025/10/06/m...
A Los Angeles County court has accepted a plea disposition in the case of Eyal Shalom, who deployed chemical irritants on Mirror Media Group journalist Dolores Quintana while engaging protesters at UCLA.
latenfour.com/2025/10/06/m...
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Judge Ellis is finally calling it for the night.
The parties will reconvene not tomorrow but at 2 pm cst Wednesday to hash out more details.
"At this point DHS is on notice," Ellis says, giving a warning to the feds to behave themselves before the order has formally been entered.
The parties will reconvene not tomorrow but at 2 pm cst Wednesday to hash out more details.
"At this point DHS is on notice," Ellis says, giving a warning to the feds to behave themselves before the order has formally been entered.
October 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Judge Ellis is finally calling it for the night.
The parties will reconvene not tomorrow but at 2 pm cst Wednesday to hash out more details.
"At this point DHS is on notice," Ellis says, giving a warning to the feds to behave themselves before the order has formally been entered.
The parties will reconvene not tomorrow but at 2 pm cst Wednesday to hash out more details.
"At this point DHS is on notice," Ellis says, giving a warning to the feds to behave themselves before the order has formally been entered.
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CPD moved through the feds to form another barrier between protestors and feds. Enrages the crowd. Water bottle thrown. A second later, feds deploy gas, even on un-equipped CPD. People scatter, including CPD.
October 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
CPD moved through the feds to form another barrier between protestors and feds. Enrages the crowd. Water bottle thrown. A second later, feds deploy gas, even on un-equipped CPD. People scatter, including CPD.
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I am here at the Broadview Detention. A large ISP contingent here. Just in the 30 minutes I’ve been here, it “feels” like ISP is working in concert with ICE officials. They also keep widening the perimeter on a crowd standing and chanting “peaceful protestors.”
This is not good.
This is not good.
October 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I am here at the Broadview Detention. A large ISP contingent here. Just in the 30 minutes I’ve been here, it “feels” like ISP is working in concert with ICE officials. They also keep widening the perimeter on a crowd standing and chanting “peaceful protestors.”
This is not good.
This is not good.
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This is Brighton Park, the neighborhood where a U.S. Border Patrol agent also shot a woman earlier today. It is a predominantly Latine community on the southwest side.
October 4, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This is Brighton Park, the neighborhood where a U.S. Border Patrol agent also shot a woman earlier today. It is a predominantly Latine community on the southwest side.
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ice in chicago today:
six people taken from albany park. at least five people taken from cicero. four people taken from bronzeville.
confirmed activity in joliet, bensenville, melrose park, elgin, woodridge, and algonquin. who knows how many people taken.
six people taken from albany park. at least five people taken from cicero. four people taken from bronzeville.
confirmed activity in joliet, bensenville, melrose park, elgin, woodridge, and algonquin. who knows how many people taken.
Kidnappings across Chicago’s Northwest Side, Bronzeville, Cicero and suburbs; DHS confirms 37 arrests in South Shore apartments raid • The TRiiBE
A day after federal officers swarmed an apartment building in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, agents returned to the South and West sides on Wednesday
thetriibe.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
ice in chicago today:
six people taken from albany park. at least five people taken from cicero. four people taken from bronzeville.
confirmed activity in joliet, bensenville, melrose park, elgin, woodridge, and algonquin. who knows how many people taken.
six people taken from albany park. at least five people taken from cicero. four people taken from bronzeville.
confirmed activity in joliet, bensenville, melrose park, elgin, woodridge, and algonquin. who knows how many people taken.
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ICE regularly held immigrants far beyond the hours they set for the Broadview processing center, data through July shows. Immigrants held there say there are no beds, limited food and toilets are out in the open with no soap or toothpaste.
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ICE's Broadview facility has become a de facto detention center, minus the rules and oversight
ICE regularly held immigrants far beyond the hours they set for the Broadview processing center, data through July shows. Immigrants held there say there are no beds, limited food and toilets are out in the open.
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October 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
ICE regularly held immigrants far beyond the hours they set for the Broadview processing center, data through July shows. Immigrants held there say there are no beds, limited food and toilets are out in the open with no soap or toothpaste.
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BCRR now reporting ICE/CBP grabbed a total of five people from the Cicero retail strip: instagram.com/p/DPRgvn8ktLX
October 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
BCRR now reporting ICE/CBP grabbed a total of five people from the Cicero retail strip: instagram.com/p/DPRgvn8ktLX
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You know, I thought it would be obvious that I question DHS’s claim they have done nothing wrong when this is an article about a bullshit arrest and also me personally getting shot at. But apparently some people cannot grasp things unless they’re spelled out.
October 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
You know, I thought it would be obvious that I question DHS’s claim they have done nothing wrong when this is an article about a bullshit arrest and also me personally getting shot at. But apparently some people cannot grasp things unless they’re spelled out.
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feds have been all over the northwest side today.
at least six people snatched so far by masked federal agents—one person from in front of a school, another from outside a convenience store, and one person near a public park.
at least six people snatched so far by masked federal agents—one person from in front of a school, another from outside a convenience store, and one person near a public park.
Witness video shared to Facebook shows feds swiftly grabbing someone off the street at Lawrence and Kedzie this morning and putting them in an unmarked car. Locals know this is a busy intersection, the beating heart of Albany Park:
October 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
feds have been all over the northwest side today.
at least six people snatched so far by masked federal agents—one person from in front of a school, another from outside a convenience store, and one person near a public park.
at least six people snatched so far by masked federal agents—one person from in front of a school, another from outside a convenience store, and one person near a public park.
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Paul Ivery, a 26-year-old Oak Park man w/ an intellectual disability, and one of five people arrested at Saturday night's protest at the Broadview ICE facility now facing federal charges over it, will be released ahead of trial w/ certain conditions. Updates soon.
chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...
chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...
Make It Make Sense: Five anti-ICE protesters face federal charges
Plus: Seminary Co-op union workers turn up the heat as they negotiate a first contract and Adler Planetarium workers launch a union.
chicagoreader.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Paul Ivery, a 26-year-old Oak Park man w/ an intellectual disability, and one of five people arrested at Saturday night's protest at the Broadview ICE facility now facing federal charges over it, will be released ahead of trial w/ certain conditions. Updates soon.
chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...
chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...
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For folks asking why we keep seeing FBI/ATF at these operations: they're needed at larger raids (see also, mass arrest situation like we saw Saturday). ICE/CBP doesn't have capacity or training to process large amounts of evidence, write affidavits.
October 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For folks asking why we keep seeing FBI/ATF at these operations: they're needed at larger raids (see also, mass arrest situation like we saw Saturday). ICE/CBP doesn't have capacity or training to process large amounts of evidence, write affidavits.
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new: in mid-september, dhs paid lake forest-based pepperball $1.1 million for “pressurized air launchers.”
the federal government has spent millions in recent years on launchers and chemical projectiles like the ones agents are now using to brutalize protesters.
via @juggaloreporter.bsky.social:
the federal government has spent millions in recent years on launchers and chemical projectiles like the ones agents are now using to brutalize protesters.
via @juggaloreporter.bsky.social:
DHS shops local
The federal government recently paid a company in Lake Forest $1 million for launchers to shoot pepper balls like those showering protesters.
chicagoreader.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
new: in mid-september, dhs paid lake forest-based pepperball $1.1 million for “pressurized air launchers.”
the federal government has spent millions in recent years on launchers and chemical projectiles like the ones agents are now using to brutalize protesters.
via @juggaloreporter.bsky.social:
the federal government has spent millions in recent years on launchers and chemical projectiles like the ones agents are now using to brutalize protesters.
via @juggaloreporter.bsky.social:
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🎥 Watch: Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports on Israel’s 'double tap' attack on Al-Falah School in the Al Zeytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City, last night.
October 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🎥 Watch: Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reports on Israel’s 'double tap' attack on Al-Falah School in the Al Zeytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City, last night.
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Breaking: The Israeli army says it will shut down the last route linking southern Gaza to Gaza City. Military spokesman Avichay Adraee announced Wednesday that Rashid Street, the sole remaining corridor northward, will close to traffic from the south at 12:00 (09:00 GMT)...
October 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Breaking: The Israeli army says it will shut down the last route linking southern Gaza to Gaza City. Military spokesman Avichay Adraee announced Wednesday that Rashid Street, the sole remaining corridor northward, will close to traffic from the south at 12:00 (09:00 GMT)...
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This is what CBS staffers have told me about the possibility of Bari Weiss taking over the newsroom:
One, she's not a journalist, as far as we're concerned. And two, the idea that she's going to carry some sort of editorial stick for us is hard to swallow.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
One, she's not a journalist, as far as we're concerned. And two, the idea that she's going to carry some sort of editorial stick for us is hard to swallow.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
‘He lied to us’: CBS News staffers say new owner David Ellison ‘can’t be trusted’
EXCLUSIVE: Multiple CBS News staffers said new owner David Ellison has broken his promise not to “politicize” the network by installing a Trump loyalist as ombudsman, and courting The Free Press found...
www.independent.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This is what CBS staffers have told me about the possibility of Bari Weiss taking over the newsroom:
One, she's not a journalist, as far as we're concerned. And two, the idea that she's going to carry some sort of editorial stick for us is hard to swallow.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
One, she's not a journalist, as far as we're concerned. And two, the idea that she's going to carry some sort of editorial stick for us is hard to swallow.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Castro also says she believes children were taken. A nearby resident who witnessed the raid, but wished not to be named, corroborated he saw children brought out.
"They were bringing babies out naked... that's kidnapping," the neighbor said.
"They were bringing babies out naked... that's kidnapping," the neighbor said.
September 30, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Castro also says she believes children were taken. A nearby resident who witnessed the raid, but wished not to be named, corroborated he saw children brought out.
"They were bringing babies out naked... that's kidnapping," the neighbor said.
"They were bringing babies out naked... that's kidnapping," the neighbor said.
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Update: horrifying details about last night's raid are emerging.
Organizers + electeds are reporting potentially dozens of people (at least 40 per initial estimate) were detained. Not much more confirmed at this time.
More will be shared at press conference at 5 at corner of 75th & South Shore.
Organizers + electeds are reporting potentially dozens of people (at least 40 per initial estimate) were detained. Not much more confirmed at this time.
More will be shared at press conference at 5 at corner of 75th & South Shore.
What's happening with ICE in Chicagoland today:
Federal agents continue terrorizing Back of the Yards, Broadview mayor and police chief held a presser, and neighbors in South Shore late night were startled awake by a raid on an apartment with stun grenades.
Federal agents continue terrorizing Back of the Yards, Broadview mayor and police chief held a presser, and neighbors in South Shore late night were startled awake by a raid on an apartment with stun grenades.
Feds in moving vans raid South Shore apartment overnight; Broadview officials condemn ICE assaults • The TRiiBE
Here's a roundup of federal agent sightings for Sept. 30
thetriibe.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Update: horrifying details about last night's raid are emerging.
Organizers + electeds are reporting potentially dozens of people (at least 40 per initial estimate) were detained. Not much more confirmed at this time.
More will be shared at press conference at 5 at corner of 75th & South Shore.
Organizers + electeds are reporting potentially dozens of people (at least 40 per initial estimate) were detained. Not much more confirmed at this time.
More will be shared at press conference at 5 at corner of 75th & South Shore.
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No rooftop agents, though it appears since I’ve been out here they installed a new camera and some fencing over one of the skylight, or what ever those frosted domes on building usually are called.
September 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
No rooftop agents, though it appears since I’ve been out here they installed a new camera and some fencing over one of the skylight, or what ever those frosted domes on building usually are called.
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Currently at the Broadview ICE processing facility to see how things are going as I was in town covering the Broadview Mayor press conference earlier. Things are currently so calm there’s some agents throwing around a football stripped down to basic gear.
September 30, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Currently at the Broadview ICE processing facility to see how things are going as I was in town covering the Broadview Mayor press conference earlier. Things are currently so calm there’s some agents throwing around a football stripped down to basic gear.
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Salinas was fired in 2020 shortly after he shot and killed 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette and wounded his girlfriend Tafara Williams at a traffic stop. They were both unarmed.
He'll face trial for second-degree murder, but no timeline has yet been given on when that will be:
He'll face trial for second-degree murder, but no timeline has yet been given on when that will be:
Former Waukegan police officer Dante Salinas charged with second-degree murder in 2020 shooting of Marcellis Stinnette
Salinas shot and killed Stinnette and wounded Stinnette's girlfriend, Tafara Williams, on Oct. 20, 2020, during a chase after they'd fled an earlier stop in Waukegan.
www.cbsnews.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Salinas was fired in 2020 shortly after he shot and killed 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette and wounded his girlfriend Tafara Williams at a traffic stop. They were both unarmed.
He'll face trial for second-degree murder, but no timeline has yet been given on when that will be:
He'll face trial for second-degree murder, but no timeline has yet been given on when that will be: