Chokely Carmichael🥋
Asst Prof @ Illinois Dept of Communication studying media, politics, & identity, not necessarily in that order. UMich Comm & Media / SDSU Journalism & Media Studies / Drexel Digital Media alumnus / USMC veteran. Views = my own. http://www.stewartcoles.com
- To a racist, the worst thing you could possibly call someone is a racist.
- This is why we need to do more than ”go back to pre-9/11.” The problem is not just the current iteration of ICE, BP, CBP, or anything of the sort. We need to fundamentally address all of policing, law enforcement, the military, etc.
- When you hear politicians use the word “reform”… La Migra has *always* been like this, & they’ve been ordered to “reform” before. In 1992 students & teachers from Bowie High in El Paso (TX) were tired of harassment & profiling so they sued the Border Patrol… 1/ www.tpr.org/news/2025-12...
- Nothing this administration says about its armed agents' encounters with the public should be taken at face value. This is also and always has been true of "regular" law enforcement, but news orgs refuse to acknowledge that cops lie and PDs put out unverifiable information all the time.
- "Photographic evidence from the shooting scene of a Venezuelan man by federal agents last month in Minneapolis supports the account of witnesses there – and appears to undercut the narrative provided by federal officials." www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- “Be cautious of the road to college, taking a detour through Vietnam or the Middle East.” -Lonnie “Pops” Lynn