>> Hello and thanks for joining us on Chicago tonight.

I'm Brandis Friedman.

Here's what we're looking at.

What the Supreme Court's recent decision means for racial profiling and future immigration raids.

>> The Mexican community is going to reaffirm expressions here in the city of Chicago.

>> And a look at how organizers are preparing for this weekend's Mexican Independence Day events amid concerns we ramped up ice reads.

>> First off tonight, law enforcement is seeking the public's help in identifying a person of interest in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

As the shooter remains at large the FBI today released these images of the person they're looking to identify and are offering $100,000 reward for information.

2 people were previously detained on Wednesday but were released.

Authorities say they've recovered a rifle and believe the suspect appeared to be of college age and blended in on the university campus in Utah where the shooting happened.

Elected officials, meanwhile, have been calling out the rise in political violence.

>> And 20 years leading up to 2015, we had 2 incidents of political violence against elected officials and the 10 years since we have 25.

And still the story is much more dangers than used to >> President Donald Trump today said that he would be a warning Kirk, a presidential medal of Freedom.

Some of the people convicted on an arrest from disgraced former police Sergeant Ronald Watts could be receiving part of the 90 million Dollar settlement from the city.

The city's law department announced the proposed settlement which would resolve 176 lawsuits tied to Watts.

>> This is a legacy cases.

I have.

A magnitude unlike anything I had previously seen.

It is the largest number we've had and remains the largest number associated with it.

A particular police officer when saw 4.

This case will represent 64% of all rivers conviction cases within our portfolio.

>> Watts and the officers who reported to him had been accused of demanding money from residents and drug dealers as payment for protection.

They arrested those who refused after planting drugs on them.

Watts served 2 years in prison for shaking down a drug courier who turned out to be an FBI informant City Council's finance committee is expected to consider the proposal on Monday.

Immigrant rights leaders are coming together to denounce the Trump administration ratcheting up of ICE efforts in Chicago while the president seems to have backed off on his threats to deploy National Guard troops, operation Midway Blitz, the increase in immigration efforts still underway.

>> And it's not about criminals.

It's about a neighbors about the residents that we love hard working people.

They don't getting suddenly taken from our community as jump into Hispanic Heritage Month.

Remember that?

That is what they happy.

They are detecting the criminals checking the beauty history of what we are and the history that has still been an written.

>> Officials are asking residents to dial the family Support Network hotline.

If they spot ice or witnessed someone being taken.

We'll have more on the Mexican Independence Day celebrations happening this weekend later in the program.

The Chicago Fire Department paused today to remember those who died 24 years ago on 9.11, Mayor Brandon Johnson joined members of engine 42 in river north to honor the 343 members.

The New York City Fire Department who lost their lives during the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers.

The commemoration began with a moment of silence.

And sad news for Chicago's broadcasting community and especially us here at W T Tw Bruce to mind who created Chicago tonight with John Callaway in 1984. and was the program's first producer.

And later political correspondent has died.

Dumont was the longtime host of the radio program beyond the Beltway and also spent time working at other Chicago media outlets, including WGN, Radio and CBS one of his passions was broadcast history and he was the creator and founder of Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications you can read more about Bruce Dumont on our website.

He was 81 years old.

Up next, the Supreme Court allows federal agents in LA to stop and question people based on certain factors, including their ethnicity right after this.

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>> A Supreme Court ruling this week leaves open the possibility that ICE agents can use ethnicity among other factors when making immigration sweeps, justices struck down a lower court order that it temporarily barred federal agents in Los Angeles from questioning people based solely on ethnicity and work status.

The ruling coincides with the Department of Homeland Security's announcement of Operation Midway Blitz, which is expected to ramp up ICE's presence in Chicago.

Joining us now to discuss how the ruling could impact ice operations in the city.

Our Kevin legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and Jessica Estrada, director of policy and Strategy Communities United Chicago based racial Justice organization that's worked to address racial profiling by the Chicago Police Department through litigation and community organizing.

Thanks you both for joining us.

so, Kevin, let's start with you, please.

What is your reaction to the Supreme Court's decision this week?

>> But that there's no doubt that this is disappointing ruling for a lot of not the least of which is that it's, you know, it's issued an issue of tremendous importance to that impacts millions of people and get it's done.

So it started sort of an emergency basis through the shadow docket in a way were the court didn't fully explain its reasoning.

That being said, you know, I want to avoid overstating the impact of this temporary ruling.

And it is just that a temporary it's not a ruling on the merits.

It's not a ruling that determines which side wins and which side loses.

It's a temporary ruling and it certainly does not make Roche racial profiling legal racial profiling remains illegal and unconstitutional.

Full stop even after this ruling this week, OK?

>> Just good to the folks that you work with here today have an understanding of what's going on with the court case.

What's happening in LA and impact that it could have on immigrants in this our communities there.

This has caused a trauma few year to go out.

our young people.

>> And our leaders there, they're some advocacy and mobilizing to teach it to educate others around and know your rights like what happens you get stopped by the police will happen.

Sieve federal agents stops you.

And so yeah, it the the young people in and and our leaders there, they're advocating and they're educating our communities.

>> So in his concurring statement with the decision, Justice Kavanaugh, he wrote the following, quote, to be clear, apparent ethnicity alone cannot furnish reasonable suspicion under this court's case law regarding immigration stopped.

However, it can be a relevant factor when considered along with other salient factors.

Some of those factors, accident or English ability was speaking ability place of work and location.

Kevin Arise.

Agents are the herb.

It our ICE agents, racial profiling when all of these other factors are taken into account along with ethnicity.

>> Well, unfortunately, as you saw from that, that, quote, It's not clear which combination of factors is enough in any individual instance that sort of a broad statement that ethnicity along with some group of other factors may in certain cases you'll be sufficient to constitute reasonable suspicion.

But in any individual case, if an individual is is stop based on their race alone as even justice Kavanaugh stated that, quote, that is illegal and unconstitutional, that person can still challenge that detention in court.

You know, lawyers throughout the city stand, you know, ready and willing to help them do that.

How difficult is that to prove I was racially profiled?

Well, you know, it's it depends on facts on the ground.

You know it.

It can be difficult to prove at times.

But where you have these indiscriminate roundups of large groups of people and citizens and noncitizens alike.

Where there's no apparent linkage between them other than the color of their skin.

It's oftentimes not as difficult to prove as it might sound.

And, you based on witness testimony, facts on the ground gathered by lawyers.

It can often be showing that in fact, race was the motivating factor in those cases.

Now that's top is is unconstitutional.

>> Jessica had have any what kind of fears are being expressed by community members?

Were you hearing have anyone has anyone expressed hesitancy to maybe go Suppose they are day laborers looking for work outside of the Home Depot.

What are you where a hearing is like parents are afraid to take their their children to school.

>> Students are afraid and can't focus in school because they're afraid that probably they might.

I see they're their parent when they come home from work, but also our community members that they're ready like there.

They have been mobilizing.

They informed the communities like if you see something recorded and reported, same as like a weight similar to what Kevin said, like we need to prove this like this is happening to our communities racial profiling that is happening and yeah, like That's we're hearing.

that what you're hearing?

>> Okay.

So Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, he spoke to reporters about the ruling on Monday and pushed back on the notion that ICE agents were randomly picking up individuals.

>> I trust the professionals, aborto highs all very well.

to make sure this that was reasonable suspicion.

To briefly detained question.

Somebody in the Supreme Court agreed.

>> Kevin, what's your reaction to home inns arguments that you know that ICE agents are researching individuals before Well, if you look at the underlying facts in the record and the best kuz Perdomo case out in Los Angeles.

>> You'll see that in many cases that's simply not the case.

I mean, there there citizens documented immigrants being swept up in these raids being slammed to the ground, slam to fences, pulled away from work for extended periods of time subjected to interrogations when they've done absolutely nothing wrong.

So there's really no question based on the sworn testimony in these cases.

That folks are getting swept up in these raids when they shouldn't And so to suggest that really need to sort of take ice is word for it, I think really belies the record in these cases.

>> Jessica, a lot of community organizations like yours on even the city has started sort of a know your rights campaign making sure that folks know their rights obviously know how to respond if they find themselves in a situation.

What are the rights that they need to know that they have?

>> Yeah, that's a if they get stopped by federal our police like to not run and like asked for an attorney like that.

We have a right to ask for attorney.

And yeah, like if if you're an outsider just like seen like ICE agents are police officers like yeah, just to recorded and 2 reported COVID he added if it's outside on the private.

Yeah.

Exactly.

And we need to show that in Chicago like we keep our families safe and that's what we have been Not only our organization.

There's like a lot of organizations.

A lot of neighbors are protecting each other.

they're making.

Mike Neu said they seemed like ICE agents and recording.

yeah, that's a Chicago.

It's the unity and how we take care of each other.

>> So in her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, she wrote, quote, We should not have to live in a country where the government can seize anyone who looks, Latinos speak Spanish and appears to work a low-wage job rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost.

I dissent, Kevin, this ruling was issued as part of the Supreme Court's emergency or shadow docket where they didn't really have to write anything.

But as as we discussed, Justice Kavanaugh wrote something in Justice.

Sotomayor wrote a response can you describe like a little bit about the shadow docket and why you think the Supreme Court is opting to use it in this case in may be so much they've been they've been using a lot more than previously.

>> Well, when most folks think about, you know, Supreme Court opinions, they think about final opinion.

So the opinions that are issued after full briefing well publicized argument before the court that are supported by lengthy opinion.

Oftentimes a lengthy dissent setting forth full reasoning of the court right?

The emergency, the so-called emergency docket on sometimes called called the shadow docket is it's these interim rulings on, you know, sort of interim steps in the middle of a case that have been issued with increasing frequency by this court little to no real reasoning behind them.

Just a simple ruling, one way or the other, often having tremendous impact on broad groups of people.

This being a perfect example and yet without really getting the kind of guidance that usually expect from the court to lower courts and lit against as to how to interpret why it's making the decisions that it is OK to be clear.

Like we said, this is a stay on a federal court, a lower court's injunction.

This is not the final say on whether or not >> eyes can detain individuals solely based on the factors that we discussed.

Some more to come on.

This issue will have to leave it there for now with my guests, Kevin Feige U.S. Coast.

Rana, thank Thank you.

Up next, Mexican Independence Day events kick off this weekend.

Are Joanna Hernandez chats with locals on what to expect?

>> If you might have noticed Chicago looking a little more color for this week as Mexican flags begin to pop up.

>> Mexican Independence Day celebrations start this weekend with festivals and cultural traditions kicking off a neighborhoods like Pilsen and Little Village.

Despite concerns about federal immigration agents potentially targeting these events festival organizers are proceeding as planned.

They say they are prepared to respond if such situations arise.

Joining us now with more on these events, is Stephanie, a executive director of the Mexican culture, calm at Committee of Chicago.

The oath they co-chair of yes, that is sold in annual Latino Culture Festival.

And on Zoom, Jennifer, Gilad executive director of the Little Village Chamber of Commerce.

Thank you all for joining us.

So there's a lot to talk about I want to start with this year's bill since annual budget, though celebration is being held at Saint Paul Catholic Church.

Why would you say was so important to keep this event?

I know we spoke about couple weeks.

So we just saw the pilsen Mexican dependence day.

There wasn't a lot of people as usual.

Why was it important to keep this event?

>> this an immigrant community and the Mexican immigrant our family has been there for many years now since the 60's it's it's a sense the It's like it's not an option.

It's not an option to to cancel event that is >> So important to the Mexican community.

It, you know, there's a saying wherever there are some Mexico the world, there would be a good eat, And it was It was quite.

To keep going.

We have to move from Harrison Park because it's it's it's so huge site.

Uncontrollable.

Then we move to a closer area and the community and so can do.

But we were invited by sample church and it is an awesome sight because right off the street anybody to will be held the festivities will be held.

is the main entrance of the church and then right next to it.

It's a beautiful.

Garden.

And it has say a but and it it's very it's beautiful and it it looks colonial and we could have headed there also.

But it would have been a smaller crowd and would have to be prepared because it's it's an open area.

So it is safe or its a sacred space and their significance to it if we know the history of right right to have it at a church and it actually actually the surprise is longer.

>> Is that the church bell instead of using bell on the stage, we will have the church bell for.

I'm Saint Paul would be wrong.

That's really beautiful right before the ceremony.

Jennifer, I want to bring you Your group has been heavily involved in organizing the annual Mexican Independence Day Parade.

We know that brings thousands of people.

>> Tell me a little bit also as well as why was it also important?

How did you guys decide that you needed to keep this cell parade going?

>> Yes, it was a very important and difficult decision for us to make.

It took us several 2, 2, really decided what we're going to do.

But for us, it was very important to have conversations with our community partners residents are business owners community organizations to get a feel of how they felt because we do the the event right here in the heart of the community and it affects everybody.

So we really wanted to make sure that we've got or a new name.

We've got.

>> Overwhelming support from the community in favor continuing in moving forward with the parade.

>> And what was that message that they were telling you?

>> They said that this isn't the time to bow down and to hide, even though we are afraid and our communities are being targeted more than ever.

It's to hold our Perry.

This is the 54th annual celebration and it's a tradition that has been here a long long before this administration.

And it is important for us tool to not retreat in fear and to move forward.

It's almost an act of resistance as a community to move forward with the parade.

>> Are you taking any other safety measures during the parade?

>> Yes.

What a safety.

Very seriously.

And we're working with the Chicago Police Department as well as a privately funded security team.

And we're working with ICE or a new life centers with rapid response teams on the ground.

And we will have attorneys as well presents thing to be ready to respond in case anything happens.

>> Leo, what have you been hearing from the community about their concerns, especially, of course, of potential ice operations?

Most importantly, I think it's just a miscommunication of what's happening.

One day, a policy passes where he's not allowed to do so then the next week he's allowed to do so.

So I think it's just informing the community of where we're at exactly today what the resources are available and how to kind of be able to digest all that information.

You know, there's a lot of misinformation happens between, you know, social media and just outdated information.

So just keeping everybody in the community just on the same page a message, do you tell them because right.

There's a lot of information that we see their social media.

Education the most important thing.

Stay up to date.

Boettcher, reliable Hills neighbors, Community Council does an amazing job, you know, really pushing out that information.

>> They're associated with lot non schools, local businesses, and all that information together, you know, being able to digest it and being able to amplify it to everybody.

It's it's it's it's a it's a good thing to have.

>> And I want to bring a bit a bit of history.

This is not the first time the celebrations have been targeted by immigration officials, 3.

So we were talking about it that federal agents also arrested people around next Independence Day back in the 50's during operation went back in.

You are sharing you are deported when you were young.

I was a 9 years old.

My father and I were picking cotton and that was 9 to 51.

And we were deported.

That's my mother behind with 10 month-old twins and 2 months away from a they're never in my sister and she didn't know where we just didn't come back from work.

And I was 9 years old.

My father, it was standing room only and that huge.

flatbed truck.

And my father just my shoulder.

My knee.

And he said it's only you and that you have no longer have a number you have been a pillar of your community ever sense.

Do you feel like this is why it's important for people to come out and celebrate a?

I'm the president.

going with that.

And he kind of the to cuddle.

We've been around for 11 years.

This is a year.

And I just feel something inside of me saying.

>> No, you you can't you can't But one of the in organizing in Pilsen we learn that it takes 5 years on long time to get a high school built.

And so when you get started, you don't back off.

And so, but I think it's also the the frustration that what else can we do because we see what's going on, our people, army and mistreated which you're powerless and the only power we have is to stand up at the time that it's important.

what are your thoughts on what you She's absolutely right.

I mean, right now we have we've got to the struggle within blast.

And I think it's right now to pay it forward everybody that helped us when we were younger.

You know, our parents.

>> I think it's now that we are, you know, the ones to have been born here.

We are professionals.

I think it's time for us to really step up and really kind of pay it forward to, you know, to our local community.

>> Jennifer, we only have a couple seconds, but I want to quickly talk about the theme of the parade.

This year's pride in power, our Strength, our legacy.

What is your message to the community?

>> My message to the community is too not bow down their heads to to not step down.

This is our moment to speak up and to show up for our communities.

Come and celebrate with us this Sunday.

If you feel safe to do so.

It's not celebrate with us from home.

>> Well, thank you.

Thank you for all for joining us today.

Thank you.

Thank you for having us.

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