Today in Labor History January 6, 1916: 8,000 workers called a strike at the Youngstown Sheet & Tube plant. On January 7, their wives and family members joined them on the picket line. Company guards attacked the crowd with tear gas bombs and live fire, killing three strikers and wounding 25 others.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #strike #union #steel #youngstown #teargas #murder
Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian home in the southern West Bank, injuring three children with tear gas and killing livestock, according to Palestinian officials. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/world/israeli-settlers-attack-palestinian-home-south-west-bank-ky73rd2q?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Israel #Palestine #Teargas #HumanRightsViolation
"In a statement, the LAPD acknowledged that the department is “currently outside the 90-day public posting requirement,” saying the delay “stems from the extraordinary volume and complexity of incidents that occurred during that period.” #teargas #rubberbullets https://laist.com/news/criminal-justice/lapd-report-less-lethal-weapons
"In a statement, the LAPD acknowledged that the department is “currently outside the 90-day public posting requirement,” saying the delay “stems from the extraordinary volume and complexity of incidents that occurred during that period.” #teargas #rubberbullets https://laist.com/news/criminal-justice/lapd-report-less-lethal-weapons
#LA City Council Rejects Proposal To Limit LAPD's Use of #TearGas and '40mm Foam Launchers'
https://lataco.com/city-council-tear-gas
Prior to June 8, the LAPD had not used tear gas in crowd-control settings in almost 50 years, an #LAPD spokesperson told L.A. TACO.
Trump’s #Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” #Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming #Protesters
Since President Donald #Trump ’s admin launched high-intensity immigration sweeps this year, federal agents have routinely countered protestors using crowd control weapons — #RubberBullets , flash-bang grenades, #TearGas and #PepperBalls. They’ve fired on American #citizens and noncitizens alike in ways that some experts say might be criminal.
#ice #cbp
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-border-patrol-less-lethal-weapons
US Dist Judge Georgia Alexakis heard testimony 2 eks ago about what happened after the Oct 4 incident in Brighton Park, which led to a standoff between protesters and federal agents who deployed #PepperSpray balls & #TearGas into the crowd.
Solicitor General John Sauer has also pointed to it while arguing #SCOTUS should let #Trump deploy #NationalGuard troops to #Chicago [these Trump attys🙄].
#law #immigration #judiciary #DueProcess #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #Tyranny #ICE #CBP
The #7thCircuit Court of Appeals granted the #Trump admin’s emergency request to pause the order, which required federal #immigration agents to give warnings before deploying #TearGas & other #weapons. The order had also barred agents from arresting or dispersing #journalists & required them to wear #BodyCameras & clear #identification.
#law #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality
WTAF?
US appeals court halts order limiting #immigration agents' response to #Chicago #protests
A US court on Wednesday paused a judge’s order that restricted when federal immigration agents can use #TearGas & other anti-riot weapons on Chicago area #residents, #journalists & #clergy members protesting the #Trump admin’s immigration crackdown in the city.
#law #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-appeals-court-halts-order-limiting-immigration-agents-response-chicago-2025-11-19/
#ImmigrationCrackdown inspires uniquely #Chicago pushback that’s now a model for other cities
By SOPHIA TAREEN and CHRISTINE FERNANDO, November 16, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — "Baltazar Enriquez starts most mornings with street patrols, leaving his home in Chicago’s #LittleVillage on foot or by car to find immigration agents that have repeatedly targeted his largely Mexican neighborhood.
"Wearing an orange whistle around his neck, the activist broadcasts his plans on Facebook.
" 'We don’t know if they’re going to come back. All we know is we’ve got to get ready,' he tells thousands of followers. 'Give us any tips if you see any suspicious cars.'
"Moments later, his phone buzzes.
"As an unprecedented immigration crackdown enters a third month, a growing number of Chicago residents are fighting back against what they deem a racist and aggressive overreach of the federal government. The Democratic stronghold’s response has tapped established activists and everyday residents from wealthy suburbs to working class neighborhoods.
"They say their efforts — #CommunityPatrols, #RapidResponders, #SchoolEscorts, vendor buyouts, #HonkingHorns and #BlowingWhistles — are a uniquely Chicago response that other cities President Donald #Trump has targeted for federal intervention want to model.
" 'The strategy here is to make us afraid. The response from Chicago is a bunch of obscenities and ‘no,’ said Anna Zolkowski Sobor, whose North Side neighborhood saw agents throw #TearGas and tackle an elderly man. 'We are all Chicagoans who deserve to be here. Leave us alone.' "
#Resistance #ResistICE #TrumpSucks #ICESucks #TerrorizingUSCitizens #ACAB #USPol #CharacteristicsOfFascism
We asked a former federal agent to review videos showing use of #force against #protesters. Here's what he found. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/former-federal-agent-ice-use-of-force-against-protesters/ #ruleoflaw #lawenforcement #military #ICE #DHS #legal #law #protest #useofforce #Bovino #teargas #deadlyforce #democracy #freespeech #justice #immigrants #deportation #police #nationalguard #maga #trump #politics #congress #gop #republicans
“The Trump administration🚨has made plans for Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino and many of his agents to leave Chicago as early as this week, after weeks of controversial arrests and clashes, 3 US officials tell CBS News.”
The plans could change, some #BP personnel will stay in the Chicago
area, and some agents could be diverted to Charlotte, NC.
#PoliceState #Fascism #Racism #Xenophobia #DHS #Sadism #Assault #TearGas #Protest #USPol
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gregory-bovino-border-patrol-plan-to-leave-chicago-area-sources-say/
"I'd waters, water down my face & basically💔water down her face bc I didn't know the effects of the pepper spray towards her."
He said his daughter didn't have to go to the hosp,🚨but he did *took a direct hit to his ear *pepper spray gave him a serious reaction w his asthma."
"#ICE #BP🚨have a new way to terrorize Chicagoans… Pepper-spraying into cars while Chicagoans are just trying to exist… in their own city."
-JFreakinC
#TearGas #PoliceState #Assault #Protest #USPol
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/father-speaks-after-family-pepper-sprayed-in-little-village/
“The agent then yelled ‘throw another one’ & prepared a second canister,” acc/to a filing by attorneys for the plaintiffs. “Similarly, one agent told another, ‘Hey, throw it (#TearGas) for fun.’”
Video of both incidents did not capture agents ordering the crowd to disperse or warning that they were going to deploy #ChemicalAgents, as required by Ellis’ order.
#Trump #Chicago #law #ExcessiveForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #RightToProtest #CivilRights #fascism #ICE #CBP #Gestapo
However, no video has surfaced of #Bovino being struck & 4 days after the incident, Bovino had no visible head injury when he testified in Ellis’ courtroom. He subsequently admitted he had #lied.
Federal agents also deployed #TearGas against Chicagoans on Oct 24. Video captured by body-worn cameras recorded one agent mocked the crowd as tear gas was deployed, saying twice, “have fun!” & laughing as they fled.
#Trump #Chicago #law #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #RightToProtest #ICE #CBP #Gestapo
#CBP chief Greg #Bovino defended his decision to deploy #TearGas against those who gathered to #protest the actions of federal agents in #Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood on Oct 23 during a videotaped deposition played during Wednesday’s hearing.
“The uses of force have been more than exemplary,” Bovino said.
A spox for #DHS said Bovino fired tear gas at the crowd after he was struck in the head with a rock, a claim Bovino repeated under oath during his deposition.
Lawyers for the #Trump admin told Ellis they plan to appeal her ruling…
Nearly a month ago, Ellis prohibited federal agents from deploying #TearGas & other #weapons against #journalists, #protesters & anyone not posing an immediate threat to #immigration enforcement agents.
Since Oct 3, federal agents have fired tear gas at Chicagoans on at least 7 occasions, along with #PepperBalls & other crowd *control* measures.
#Chicago #law #PoliceBrutality #RightToProtest #CivilRights #ICE #CBP #Gestapo
The #Trump admin also treated anti-#ICE #protesters worse because of the content of their #speech & impermissibly prevented the free exercise of #religion by #shooting, without warning, those engaged in prayer with #PepperBalls & #TearGas, both violations of the #FirstAmendment, Ellis said.
🚨She also said #BorderPatrol chief Greg #Bovino admitted to #lying about whether a rock hit him before he used tear gas on Chicagoans in Little Village last month.
She looked down at her 2-yr-old, Leia, who was taking a turn pushing her own stroller near where they'd stopped to play -on a Sat AM walk.
Then, it kicked in.
“All of a sudden, my eyes were just burning & I couldn’t breathe."
Leia began to scream:🚨“Mommy! Mommy! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!”
Parise quickly put Leia in her stroller. She ran as fast as she could -as she struggled with her own breathing, Leia wailed in pain & terror."
#TearGas #Chicago #DHS #ICE #BP #Protest #USPol
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-immigration-enforcement-children-tear-gas-border-patrol-rcna241629
"In a filing overnight,🚨Plaintiffs say immigration agents in Lakeview were caught on video saying LET'S TOSS TEAR GAS AT THE CROWD "FOR FUN.”
They also🚨reveal some of what Border Patrol Cmdr. Bovino said in his deposition— and allege it’s the “opposite” of what actually occurred."
-J Meisner
#DHS #ICE #BP #PoliceState #Fascism #Impunity #TearGas #Immigrants #Protesters #Rights #Violence #Chicago #Evil #Sadism #Protest #USPol
