A left-wing group in Chicago is teaching tactics on social media for attacking Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers as deportation operations intensify in the sanctuary city and the number of assaults on ICE employees has increased 1,000%.
The group’s public Facebook page, called “Chicago Listener,” is posting content encouraging violence against immigration authorities and sharing various ways to target ICE vehicles.
In an Oct. 3 post, which received over 600 reactions, Chicago Listener uploaded a picture demonstrating how to make homemade spikes using a cut-up garden hose and nails.
One of Chicago Listener’s 20,000 Facebook followers agreed it’s a “cheap good idea,” adding that an alternative method for fashioning spike strips would be to “bend two nails at a 90 degree angle, chop the flat, put em together n give em a quick spot weld.”
“Oil for the windshields,” another user proposed.
“Tar would be harder to remove,” a third said.
Several other accounts suggested throwing oil-filled water balloons or glass ornaments containing paint at ICE vehicles.
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A second photograph in the same Chicago Listener post showed ceramic spark plugs, a common tool used to shatter car windows.
Chicago Listener also promoted a 9-liter spray tank sold by Spray Vandalz, a graffiti supply store. When a follower asked what the canister would be used for, Chicago Listener explained it’s to coat the windows of ICE vehicles with red paint from a faraway distance.
In the replies, others said spray painting ICE personnel’s windshields while they are trying to flee a volatile scene would “make the situation impossible for them to leave.”
“Just a thought chat,” Chicago Listener captioned the carousel of images.
On Oct. 9, Chicago Listener praised a video out of Aurora, Illinois, depicting a vandalized ICE vehicle with its back window broken in. In the clip, an ICE agent driving the damaged sedan tries to pull away, surrounded by an angry mob.
“Love to see it,” Chicago Listener reacted. “The people are tired, no more letting things fly.”
Chicago Listener additionally teaches riot-related defense tactics for combating crowd-control police practices.
On Oct. 5, Chicago Listener shared a link to a YouTube tutorial titled “Comrades in Minneapolis—this video shows how to extinguish tear gas canisters quickly, safely.”
As seen in the 2020 video capturing an active riot, the upload’s description includes detailed instructions telling militants to pour baking soda, dish soap, or vegetable oil, three tablespoons each to 1 liter of water, into a large jug. Then pick up the canister emitting tear gas with protective gloves, the directions explain, drop it into the jug, and shake the container so that the chemical irritants are neutralized.
“The more you know,” Chicago Listener said.
Democratic Chicago Alderman Raymond Lopez flagged the Facebook account to the Washington Examiner, saying local officials are monitoring similar profiles across social media platforms dedicated to impeding immigration enforcement.
In a phone call with the Washington Examiner, Lopez said these accounts are similarly showing followers how to create makeshift shrapnel weapons to be thrown at ICE vehicles, among other methods of attack, and “sharing it by the hundreds.”
“This is escalating,” Lopez said. “This is organized and it’s being funded from sources we don’t necessarily know fully, because the network needed locally has been so decimated by the policies of [the Democratic Mayor Brandon] Johnson administration that I don’t think we have the bandwidth to follow up, which is yet another reason why we need federal intervention to go after these individuals who are quite literally using the same tactics of the 2020 BLM-antifa riot and protesters from five years ago, but doing it on steroids now.”
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Earlier this month, Chicago and Illinois jointly filed a federal lawsuit to prevent President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying National Guard troops to the Prairie State.
Late last week, a federal judge imposed a temporary restraining order blocking the National Guard’s deployment to Illinois for 14 days. Over the weekend, however, an appeals court allowed Trump to regain control over the National Guard, though the troops cannot be deployed yet.
