Brendan Gutenschwager
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Independent media, on the scene documenting history. DM for news tips, footage licensing and inquiries. Also on YouTube at https://t.co/fWwE0JaVDc
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Joined March 2009
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Colonel Owen of the Illinois State Police approached one of the protesters and asked him to tell the crowd to disperse “Please work with us here so nobody gets hurt. The Illinois State Police does not want to have to effect arrests, we want public safety. They are following you.
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“This is an unlawful assembly. You have shut down a major roadway. Emergency services cannot get through. You are being ordered to be dispersed or face arrest. Everybody needs to clear the roadway” Colonel Owen of the Illinois State Police announced earlier today near the
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Protesters confront police sitting in a vehicle near the Broadview ICE facility without any external police markings. One hits the vehicle with a walking stick as it is driven away
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Police order the crowd to move back here in Broadview
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Multiple arrests made this evening in Broadview, Illinois
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BREAKING: Clashes and arrests near the Broadview ICE facility
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ICE denies a group of Christians’ request for entry to the Broadview ICE facility to bring communion to detainees
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ICE denies a group of Christians’ request for entry to the Broadview ICE facility to bring communion to detainees
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LIVE: Eucharist Procession to Broadview ICE Facility
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Happening Now: Eucharist procession to the Broadview ICE facility
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LIVE: Eucharist Procession to Broadview ICE Facility
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LIVE: Eucharist Procession to Broadview ICE Facility
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LIVE: Eucharist Procession to Broadview ICE Facility
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LIVE: Eucharist Procession to Broadview ICE Facility
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LIVE: Eucharist Procession to Broadview ICE Facility
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A damaged law enforcement vehicle is towed towards the Broadview ICE facility
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“We’ll be opening the roads back up. Should you be seen back in the street, you are subject to arrest. This is your last dispersal warning” a police officer said shortly after the protest time restriction went into effect this evening in Broadview
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Cook County Sheriff’s Police Department officers approach a protester, and one tells him they got a report of a weapon. The protester consents to a search of his bag. He is ID’d, his bag is returned to him, and he is told he’s free to go
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Another arrest made near the Broadview ICE facility today
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