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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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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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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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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🎥 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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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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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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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: