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Ed Krassenstein: ICE is now tear-gassing children. This took place on an Alex Pretti memorial bike ride and march in SW Portland. This girl is believed to be 7-years-old. Robin Lopez: Can confirm it was a peaceful memorial march until the tear gas popped off. Insanity!

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The Sporting News: Paige Bueckers, who grew up in Minnesota, spoke out against ICE's actions in her home state.

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When it comes to the tragedies in Minnesota, Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell isn't asking people to choose political sides. He's pleading for all of humanity to look inward to process what's going on in the current climate. “It's violence. Senseless violence,” Mitchell said. “It's one of those things where there's a human element to all of this, right? We were there for the first incident [where an ICE officer shot and killed Renee Good], and then to see it happen again, it's like it's become the norm. It's become something that, quite frankly, I don't feel like any of us in here are like, ‘Man, that's a normal thing.' That shouldn't be. “We are in this bubble as NBA players; we're removed. But by the same token, being there in Minnesota when that happened, it really made you open your eyes 'cause you're there. You feel it. It's 10 minutes away. We were on lockdown in the hotel. You can only feel for the people of Minnesota, feel for the families. It's just not right.”

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Spurs guard De'Aaron Fox is questioning why an investigation hasn't been launched into the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old Minneapolis man by federal officers. "At the very least" there should be an investigation, he said. The officers killed Alex Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse on Saturday, amid widespread protests after the Jan. 7 shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good, who was killed when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fired into her vehicle as she drove away from a group of officers following a confrontation.

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NBPA: Statement from the NBPA and its Executive Committee on the Fatal Shooting in Minneapolis by ICE. “There comes a time when silence is betrayal” -MLK

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Four children in the Columbia Heights Public School district were detained by ICE before and after school Tuesday. One of them was 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, whom ICE reportedly detained and then used as “bait” to entice family members to open the door to their home. Ramos and another child — a 10-year-old who was walking to school with her mother — have been transferred to a detention center in Texas. “It’s just sad to think about kids that might have been going to school with their families dealing with these types of things,” Jones said. “It’s people that weren’t causing any harm to the communities. They’re only bringing good. They’re showing up to school just like the rest of us, having fun and doing things all kids want to do, and they’re facing this. It’s sad. We never wanted to see this happen.”

Chicago Tribune

ICE’s actions have been defended repeatedly by Bovino, Vance, Trump and DHS as necessary due to crime and danger caused by immigrants in the Twin Cities. It’s a familiar scenario to Chicagoans, who saw their city branded as a “hellhole” and “haven for criminals” during similar ICE campaigns over the last four months. Jones doesn’t believe this depiction of his hometown. He sees a different truth that doesn’t reflect federal officials’ rhetoric focused on violence. “People here know that it’s an amazing city built by amazing people,” Jones said. “It’s a great community here. People look out and stick up for one another. That’s what we see and feel. After some of the horrific things that happened here in the past five or six years, the community continues to come together and stick up for one another. That’s just how this city is.”

Chicago Tribune

Target Center security apologized to a fan sitting courtside at the Minnesota Timberwolves’ game against the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night after they said they mistakenly asked him to remove a black T-shirt with white block lettering that read, “ICE OUT.” Tim Phillips, a Minneapolis civil rights and criminal defense attorney, told The Athletic that he wore the shirt in response to the increased presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Twin Cities in recent weeks. On Wednesday, a federal agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good during a confrontation in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, about three miles from Target Center.

New York Times

When ICE first started making mass arrests in his hometown of Chicago in October, Rivers spoke out about the agency’s tactics before the Bucks played the Chicago Bulls in a preseason game. On Friday, he again denounced the organization’s activity throughout the country. “It’s clear, to me, we’re attacking Brown people, and I just happen to be Brown,” Rivers said of ICE activity on Friday night. “And I don’t think it should just be Brown people who are upset at this. I think we all have to be. “I don’t care what side of this thing you are on politically. What’s going on in our country right now is absolutely wrong, as far as the race stuff. The politics, I’m not gonna get into. The race stuff, I will. And it’s just wrong, and we have to do something, but the only thing we can do right now is keep speaking up because it doesn’t seem like they care and that’s troublesome.”

New York Times

The roar of cheers and chants could be heard outside Gainbridge Fieldhouse just before NBA final Game 3 between the Pacers and Thunder the evening of June 11, but it wasn't the sound of Pacers fans. It was people gathered to protest ICE raids in Indiana — the latest to spring up across the country since such protests began in Los Angeles amid increased ICE activity under President Donald Trump.

Indianapolis Star

Marco Foster:HAPPENING NOW: Protesters have gathered in Indianapolis, Indiana across the street from the Pacers arena for a protest against Donald Trump and ICE (Video: @noepadilla.bsky.social )

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Abrego Garcia’s case illustrates ICE’s expanded ability to profile individuals for gang affiliation based on their clothing and tattoos. According to his petition, authorities utilized a “Gang Field Interview Sheet” to tally potential identifiers ahead of his 2019 arrest. When this document was presented to ICE, the only physical traits listed were his Bulls hat and sweatshirt. This is not an anomaly. For years, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has internally labeled sports merchandise featuring the Bulls and Michael Jordan as a possible indicator of a connection to a variety of gangs, including MS-13 and Tren de Aragua.

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Some current players have expressed a desire to play in Cube's league in the offseason, but we're told, as the Big3 sees it, the NBA has prevented guys from doing so, putting arbitrary rules in place to stop players from hooping in Ice's league.

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ESPN: What role do you think you have played in influencing that next generation of the versatile big man on court, players who can shoot, dribble, be playmakers? Chris Webber: I think when you talk about big men who were versatile, it was Magic Johnson. That first came to me. Of course, Connie Hawkins. Of course, Mr. Finger Roll, Mr. Ice [George Gervin]. But when you looked at like a 6-9 guy ... When I was in high school, they wouldn't let the big guy be in the middle for 3-on-2 drills. And I remember fighting and asking, you know, could I be in 3-on-2 drills or playing with the guards, playing 21 where I had to shoot outside and the guards had to shoot inside. Once I saw Steve Smith and Derrick Coleman -- in my opinion, Steve, with the [hesitation move], and him being seven foot, Derrick, being probably [in the] top four most versatile powerful forwards to this day. I just studied the game, man. I just wanted to be [one of] the greats.

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