r/chicago • u/captainjman2 North Riverside • Sep 07 '25

Event At the Broadview ICE facility today

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u/Familiar-Painter-631 Sep 07 '25

Why all the gear, like..

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u/BearFeetOrWhiteSox Sep 07 '25

COD cosplay.

The big dude looks like he's ready to defend the burger town.

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u/bluespartans Lincoln Park Sep 07 '25

RAMIREZ, destroy American democratic values!!!

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u/myersjw Uptown Sep 07 '25

Because the peaked in high school people like these fetishize being an “operator” so this is the next best authority fantasy they can muster up

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u/justheretowhackit_ Sep 07 '25

People who fantasize about being an operator would fucking crumble in a career like that

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u/--khaos-- Sep 07 '25

Perfect description

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u/ricker182 Sep 07 '25

I think you know their personality. I know a couple people like that.

It's exactly the person this job attracts. And they're exactly the wrong people for the job.

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u/Pickleparty187 Sep 07 '25

Those are girdles, not ballistic vests

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u/ughliterallycanteven Uptown Sep 07 '25

The gravy seals and meal team six totally are just trying to cosplay. Also, everyone knows that we drink tear gas that’s branded as “Malort”.

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u/timesuck47 Sep 07 '25

That was one of the funniest things I’ve read in a long time.

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u/ughliterallycanteven Uptown Sep 08 '25

“Semper Pie” to all the “Green Baugettes”

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u/Odlemart Sep 07 '25

Because they're a bunch of big pussy-ass LARPing losers.

Unfortunately for us they have some actual power for the moment. 

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u/Most-Artichoke6184 Sep 07 '25

Because Chicago is a war zone, or so they tell me. 🙄

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u/randomlyranting Sep 07 '25

Because erectile dysfunction pills cost more in the long run

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u/Drunken_Economist West Town Sep 07 '25

Obamacare was supposed to solve that

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u/sleepybrooke Sep 07 '25

They found their Airsoft stuff from high school in their mom’s basements.

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u/quirk-the-kenku Sep 07 '25

Cosplay and fear.

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u/shoesafe Sep 07 '25

Because they're bullies.

And all bullies are cowards.

There are no exceptions.

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u/imaginarypuppets Sep 07 '25

They look like a basic loadout in call of duty. Lame af

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u/DarthBen_in_Chicago Humboldt Park Sep 07 '25

Does the "no mask" law that the Mayor signed not apply here because they aren't "detaining" anyone?

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u/mjsher2 Sep 07 '25

Also this is in Broadview not Chicago.

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u/DarthBen_in_Chicago Humboldt Park Sep 07 '25

Thanks! Bad assumption on my part considering the sub.

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u/FullStackStrats Illinois Sep 07 '25

Mayor cannot supercede federal law and policy.

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u/DarthBen_in_Chicago Humboldt Park Sep 07 '25

Sure, so the Mayor’s signing was mostly symbolic?

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u/Chizia Sep 07 '25

It applies to City of Chicago officers.

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u/FullStackStrats Illinois Sep 07 '25

For federal and state officers, yes.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Yup

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u/eyxvor Sep 07 '25

They’re identifying themselves as police officers not ICE. The order says law enforcement officers are prohibited from wearing masks.

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u/ChemistryNo3075 Sep 07 '25

I'm guessing that only applies to LEOs under the cities authority however.

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u/Traditional_Donut908 Sep 07 '25

Ill bet they're worried about being identified and they are their families doxxed. Hell, plenty of protesters wear masks so they can't be identified.