But there is always a lot of out of town police there to brutalize us - the hypocrisy is real.
Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf
@revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social
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Mayor Thompson keeps throwing around the “out of towners” line, but this is a concentration camp that’s 35 minutes away from me. Broadview ICE Processing Center is a Chicagoland and national concern. We are overwhelmingly residents of Chicagoland and pastors/faith leaders did not use their fists.
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lol it’s rich that DHS after their pathetic statement has the guts to call anything ridiculous
Update: DHS got back to me about this.
The spokesperson called questions about the faith leaders' remarks "a ridiculous line of questioning."
She then claimed that "if you watch the video, you can clearly see rioters attacking police" — but did not specify which video she was referring to.
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Update: DHS got back to me about this.
The spokesperson called questions about the faith leaders' remarks "a ridiculous line of questioning."
She then claimed that "if you watch the video, you can clearly see rioters attacking police" — but did not specify which video she was referring to.
Also in here: DHS responded to the faith-led protest yesterday, calling participants “violent rioters” and “imbecilic morons” who need to “get a job.”
Asked about the statement, one UMC pastor who participated in the protest told me: "This is our job." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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@revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social wrote this for faith leaders this week.
He’s the pastor from the pictures in the national news this week being pinned to the ground in Broadview by @govpritzker.illinois.gov‘s Illinois State Police jackboots.
Why clergy should risk assault to protest ICE
(RNS) — For people wanting to experience God, we are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church.
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I’ll be preaching in about 10 minutes. Worship has already started.
While I've got your attention, people seem to want to hear me talk about my arrest, and interviews are cool, but you can feel free to come to @lakestreetchurch.bsky.social at 10:30AM Central to hear a HOPE-FILLED sermon about yesterday's events. Livestreamed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Qi...
Worship Service November 16, 2025, Lake Street Church
YouTube video by Lake Street Church of Evanston
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If you think that pastors were out there throwing hands at #Broadview, you are gullible. We were peaceful and I’m confident some of the police injured themselves striking protesters with unprofessional and unsafe practices. Watch me push back on @newsnation.bsky.social 👇👇
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The roles of religious institutions are changing. @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social will live-stream his 10:30 sermon, hear from a spiritual leader who got thrown to the ground and zip-tied by ICE
While I've got your attention, people seem to want to hear me talk about my arrest, and interviews are cool, but you can feel free to come to @lakestreetchurch.bsky.social at 10:30AM Central to hear a HOPE-FILLED sermon about yesterday's events. Livestreamed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Qi...
Worship Service November 16, 2025, Lake Street Church
YouTube video by Lake Street Church of Evanston
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Rev. Michael Woolf, a faith leader and minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, detained by Illinois State Police while protesting immigration policies outside the Broadview facility in Chicago.
Photo by Jim Vondruska/Reuters
