SubX.News®Street Report | Oct 14, 2025
(Chicago) — Gray clouds hung low over the skyline, trapping the noise of sirens, trains, and arguments in the air. The temperature sat in the mid-60s, but the mood felt colder — a city running on anxiety and habit.
People moved fast, heads down, pretending things still worked.
They don’t.
This was another day that showed exactly who Chicago protects — and who it doesn’t.
The powerful got their barricades, their catered dinners, their police escorts.
The rest got debris, delays, and the quiet sense that the system isn’t breaking — it’s already broken.
Jumping Off the Train
At about 4:40 a.m., a 44-year-old man forced open the doors of a moving CTA Red Line train near the 79th Street stop on the Dan Ryan branch and jumped out, according to Chicago police. He struck the electrified third rail and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Firefighters and police shut down power on the southern leg of the line, walking the tracks near 79th to reach stranded passengers. One stopped train had to be evacuated by ladder, with riders walking along the rails to the station.
Service between 95th/Dan Ryan and Garfield was suspended through most of the morning rush. Shuttle buses ran the gap while a traffic backup spread along the Dan Ryan, I-57, and the Bishop Ford Freeway below 95th. By 8:50 a.m., CTA restored normal operations.
ICE Clash on the Far Southeast Side
Around 11 a.m., two Venezuelan nationals with prior deportation orders led federal agents on a chase through Chicago’s far Southeast Side. The pursuit ended near 10500 South Avenue N, where their red SUV crashed into a federal vehicle, endangering everyone nearby.
The driver, Luis Gerardo Pirela-Ramirez, had been ordered deported since August 2024. His passenger, Yonder Enrique Tenefe-Perez, was also in the country illegally. Both were taken into custody after the crash.
The arrests drew a crowd that turned hostile. Bottles and debris were thrown at Border Patrol agents. Federal officers responded with tear gas to push the crowd back.
Chicago police arrived after the confrontation began, claiming they were only there to document the crash. Thirteen CPD officers were caught in the chemical cloud while trying to contain the chaos.
ICE remains active in Chicago because city and state officials refuse to cooperate with federal law, declining to transfer criminal offenders already in local custody. That defiance forces operations like this into neighborhoods, creating scenes that risk lives on all sides.
While the mayor and governor posture and provoke, two men already marked for deportation crashed a car and endangered an entire area — a policy war that turned into a street war.
Emergency System Hijacked
At 4 p.m., an ambulance was stolen from Elmhurst, with an EMT trapped inside the rear compartment. The thief barreled southbound on the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) as the medic called 911 from inside.
Police from Niles, Elmhurst, Oak Brook, and Hinsdale joined the chase. The vehicle was intercepted near 31st Street, where officers boxed it in and subdued the driver after a brief struggle. The suspect was hospitalized for evaluation; no other injuries were reported.
The theft crippled suburban emergency coverage for hours — another day when the system literally hijacked itself.
Police for the Powerful
As dusk fell over downtown, the Harold Washington Library — a public building paid for by taxpayers — was surrounded by CPD vehicles, unmarked sedans, and full SWAT deployment.
Inside, the Civic Consulting Alliance celebrated its 40th anniversary with a private gala attended by city officials, corporate donors, and political allies.
Arriving to document how public resources were being used, SubX.News reporter John Kugler entered the library and requested press access.
Staff replied,
It’s a private event,
and blocked movement toward the basement auditorium, where the program had already begun.
On camera, this reporter observed:
They’re having a private event in a public library with public officials and no media.
Outside on South Plymouth Court, tactical officers stood guard along the perimeter. This reporter continued live coverage, questioning what viewers were seeing behind the lens:
These are SWAT guys here … There’s a SWAT right there. SWAT here at the library. What do we got — some invasion here?
The question was clear: why were SWAT units guarding a private event in a public library?
Moments later, three plainclothes CPD officers approached, ordering this reporter to “move on.”
They refused to identify themselves or provide badge numbers, instead recording their own video.
One stepped within inches of the camera and said,
People play stupid all day. That’s cool.
This reporter held ground, continuing to film and narrate in real time:
“This is a public street. I’m a reporter. Chicago Police Department fails to identify themselves to a reporter. They say ICE should identify themselves — yet Chicago police don’t do it.”
The officers retreated into the parking garage, leaving behind the image of a city where police power protects private privilege and press questions are treated as threats.
CPD Officers Hiding Identity are Part of Mayors Taxpayer Security Detail … Chicago Police Fail to Identify themselves, then recorded and intimidated a reporter on a sidewalk in downtown Chicago … they were using taxpayer resources to protect Brandon Johnson at a private event… pic.twitter.com/5VDAJR5hSZ
— SubX.News® (@SubxNews) October 15, 2025
Camps Return on 23rd Street
As night deepened, patrols turned toward 23rd and Halsted, once the heart of the city’s migrant base camp. The site is now a patchwork of tents, tarps, and burned debris — the fence gone, the promise forgotten.
Across the street, a half-empty shelter offered open beds while people slept under plastic in the cold.
Dealers worked the corners; fights broke out without response.
The same city that fielded SWAT for a library gala left this intersection unguarded.
Three long-time residents — known locally as the “Three Musketeers” — talked about being pushed from 28th and Spaulding, from Pilsen to Englewood.
One summed it up bluntly:
“They don’t care about skin color — just the money.”
The base camp that once symbolized humanitarian outreach now mirrors the city itself: barricades down, nothing fixed.
Pushing Chaos for Control
Two uniforms, one tactic.
In the late morning, federal agents filled a Southeast Side street after the immigration pursuit and tear-gas clash. By evening, plainclothes Chicago police surrounded a public library for a private gala, blocking the press.
Different agencies, same choreography — intimidation first, accountability never. Cameras pointed both ways, power asserting itself through chaos.
ICE is here because the city refuses to cooperate with federal law, declining to turn over criminal offenders already in local jails. Sanctuary defiance forces raids into neighborhoods, turning political posturing into public danger.
Control in 2025 Chicago means:
public servants acting like private security, order maintained through confusion, and the public left outside the barricades.
Systems Collide, Trust Evaporates
By night’s end, the day’s stories blurred into one: a man dead on the tracks, a federal pursuit ending in tear gas, an ambulance hijacked, police guarding elites, and the return of chaos at 23rd and Halsted.
Each scene revealed the same truth — Chicago’s systems no longer serve its people.
Officials call it reform.
Consultants call it partnership.
Activists call it progress.
The evidence on the ground says otherwise. Police block journalists. Americans camp in filth. Basic services collapse under political theater.
One day in a city still pretending it’s under control.
Who runs Chicago? CTU — that’s who.
SubX.News® on-the-spot reporting
Picture: CPD officer confronting a reporter outside Harold Washington Library (left) and federal tactical agents deployed on Chicago’s East Side (right) — both under the watch of the same City Hall that claims to oppose such force. Two scenes, one chain of command: intimidation as policy (Composite from SubX.News and X footage, October 14, 2025)
Sources: SubX.News® live video feeds, crimeisdown.com, @CitizenApp, @SPOTNEWSonIG, @ChicagoCritter, Emjay Phan, @BillMelugin_ all documenting October 14, 2025 events across Chicago in real time.
