Luis Agostini @LuisRAgostini Twitter profile

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Luis Agostini

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2 months

Fun fact - it’s cheaper to charter a 30 ft boat for 9 hours in the Almafi Coast than it is for one of these for 4 hours on Lake Michigan

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11 months

This Marine recruiting commercial with Bob Knight didn’t quite make it to prime time

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3 months

@joehendry Need something for the kids 👏👏

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@LuisRAgostini

2 years

Out of every 10 counterfeit pills the DEA seized in 2020 , 4 tested positive for a potentially fatal amount of fentanyl, which is just 2 milligrams. Equivalent in size to just a few grains of table salt. Imagine playing nearly 50/50 odds on whether a pill will kill you or not.

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@LuisRAgostini

5 months

No mayor?

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 years

3 law enforcement officers (+ 1 LE K9) have been shot in Chicago in the last 96 hours.

Tom Ahern

@TAhern_

2 years

BREAKING: A Chicago Police Officer from the 7th Dist. @ChicagoCAPS07 has been shot. TheOfficer is being transported to the University of Chicago Hospital. Condition unknown. PIO in route to the hospital. Further details to follow. #ChicagoPolice

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5 months

Seems like much of Chicago has already moved on, but many thanks to folks like @CourtSpinelliTV for keeping Officer Luis Huesca’s memory, as well as the pursuit for his justice, at the forefront.

Courtney Spinelli

@CourtSpinelliTV

5 months

Four days ago Chicago Police Dept. Officer Luis Huesca was gunned down as he returned home from work. Still in uniform, sources confirm his service weapon was stolen, vehicle stolen and later recovered, and the motive for it all is not publicly known. @WGNNews

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

1 year

Helped a family of Venezuelan migrants navigate from 35th Lou Jones Metra to 35th St Red Line today. Unfortunately they dealt with racist xenophobic attacks at Cermak/Chinatown stop. They were being told “Trump was right” “lock up every drug dealer” “I hate you fuckin Mexicans”

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 years

The aftermath of Saturday night’s wildin’ activity in downtown Chicago is still being felt 72 hours later. Businesses like my go-to 7-11 on State & Jackson are wasting time and money getting destroyed glass & doors replaced.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 years

Same story, two significantly different headlines

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

3 years

So @6figga_dilla has done a better job representing and marketing Chicago in a few minutes on @1stlooktv than several million-dollar campaigns I’ve seen over the years.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

3 months

National headlines

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

5 months

Murder*

Governor JB Pritzker

@GovPritzker

5 months

A terrible loss as we cope with the death of Officer Luis M. Huesca, who was just two days shy of his 31st birthday. Thinking of his family and fellow officers as we mourn the passing of a dedicated officer. May his memory be a blessing and his service never forgotten.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 years

Just watched a live segment on a guerrilla marketing effort welcoming Chicagoans back downtown, immediately followed by a story on another CTA assault in the South Loop

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

11 months

Today is the 19-year anniversary of the second Battle of Fallujah. I served as a Marine combat correspondent, capturing images and reporting on what the Marines of 3/5 endured during the deadliest conflict of the Iraq war.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

1 year

This is what 20,000 multi-colored fentanyl-laced pills look like.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 months

New photo drop from my son, a Marine combat photographer/videographer at sea with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the USS Boxer

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 years

She said “not my son”

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸

@patriottakes

2 years

ICYMI: Joining the military “is like throwing your life away” according to Marjorie Taylor Greene

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

10 months

@YeshaCallahan @LennyKravitz I have a similar story from the publicist perspective (that I’ve never shared before), except it was the client side who declined to engage a local Black outlet due to a misplaced perception of lack of ROI

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

3 years

This is the kind of small-arms fire I expected to hear from a rooftop in Fallujah, not a River North condo.

16th & 17th District Chicago Police Scanner

@CPD1617Scanner

3 years

Chicago is a war zone. Automatic weapons are being fired on the streets of downtown Chicago.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 years

Weird - I’m quoted in an article for which I was never contacted or interviewed 🧐

Block Club Chicago

@BlockClubCHI

2 years

5 people were hospitalized after overdosing on drugs at Lawlor's Pub in Mount Greenwood.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

1 year

Narcan now available on shelves next to Tylenol, Geritol and store brand Nasal Decongestant

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

1 year

This is how easy it is to get free Narcan at the Harold Washington @chipublib in Chicago’s South Loop. Walk in on State St, turn right, grab and go. No interaction with anyone required. You’ll never know when you’ll be in a situation to reverse an overdose and save a life.

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@LuisRAgostini

1 year

You forgot about Chicago Police Officers Samuel Jimenez, Areanah Preston, Eduardo Marmolejo, Conrad Gary, Andres Vasquez-Lasso and John Rivera. All within the last 4 years. We didn’t.

Chip Mitchell

@ChipMitchell1

1 year

I keep reading that #Chicago #police morale "is at rock bottom." Is it really? #EllaFrench (2021) #GeorgeFloyd (2020) #PaulBauer (2018) #BettieJones (2015) #LaquanMcDonald (2014) #RekiaBoyd (2012) #CliftonLewis (2011) #RichardFrancis (2008) #JosephMarquez (2002) Etc.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 months

@fulham_jim Thank you

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

1 year

There have been more fentanyl-related deaths recorded in Chicago during the first 3 months of 2023 (325 & counting, as toxicologies catch up) compared to murders from Jan 1-June 18 (271). Sources: (Cook County Medical Examiner Case Archive & Chicago Police Dept Week 25 COMPSTAT)

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

3 years

@desusnice Thank you for your service

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@LuisRAgostini

2 years

@DanButtersChi @CPD1617Scanner He certainly was victimized, even if the wounds aren’t visible. That’s many years of trauma right there.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

1 year

“If we begin to highlight (cops) who are doing good in Chicago, then only maybe will we see (cops) in a different light.”

Chicago Police

@Chicago_Police

1 year

#ChicagoPolice officers from the 4th and 6th Districts quickly arrested an offender identified as the individual who shot and seriously injured a 22-year-old male victim just minutes earlier on October 14, 2023 in the 300 block of E. 79th St. phenomenal job officers!

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

3 months

Semper Fidelis to the Marine Corps Vietnam War combat veteran and retired Chicago Police Officer who served his nation and City just to be gunned down in Chicago’s West Side this week.

Windy City Wheelman

@WindyCityDriver

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@GeneRoyChicago @EricTendian

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

5 months

“Huesca’s family will now be entitled to additional benefits because of the ruling that he died in the line of duty.”

Tom Schuba

@TomSchuba

5 months

Off-duty killing of Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca announced as line-of-duty death on his 31st birthday

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 years

Hate to say this but no lawfully concealed carrying citizen is going to stand a chance against this much criminal firepower when they’re faced with the decision to give up their property/vehicle or fight back. Thank God for CPD.

7th DISTRICT ENGLEWOOD

@ChicagoCAPS07

2 years

007th Officers responded to a call of a person with a gun on 68/Peoria. Upon arrival observed two males one with a rifle,officers detained both male offenders & without incident officers recovered several weapons, ammo and suspect cannabis. Great job 007th District Tactical Team!

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 years

When I was going through CPR training for the foster licensing process, I vividly remember another prospective “parent” attending that training telling me “it’s a good business” in reference to getting comped for taking in foster children. I will never forget that.

CBS Chicago

@cbschicago

2 years

DCFS placed troubled teen girl with 24-year-old pimp as foster parent

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

1 year

Looks like a new batch of Cook County Medical Examiner toxicology reports from 2022 have been completed. For the first time ever, there have been more than 1,300 (1,307) fentanyl-related deaths recorded in Chicago for a single year.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

4 years

Mamadou Balde will be remembered as a brave hero who, alongside his brothers of 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, helped pave the way for the Taliban stronghold of Sangin to be cleared of insurgents in 2010-2011.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 years

Audio is fucking heartbreaking

16th & 17th District Chicago Police Scanner

@CPD1617Scanner

2 years

NOW: Sources indicate a Chicago Police officer has been shot and killed on the city's south side. Audio of the moment the officer was shot. #Chicago #ChicagoScanner

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 years

For additional comparative context - Chicago’s population is roughly 2.7 million.

CWBChicago

@CWBChicago

2 years

Chicago cops found 6 pounds of fentanyl in his car — equal to 1.5 MILLION fatal doses — prosecutors say.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

9 months

Wow.

Chicago Breaking News

@ChicagoBreaking

9 months

Johnson administration fired staffers who complained about mistreatment by officials

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 years

Credit: @CPDWSOC

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 years

Also important to note that not all victims suffer from substance use disorder/addiction. Many are experimenting for the first time and/or consuming illicit narcotics or a fake pharmaceutical pill laced w/fentanyl unbeknownst to them.

NBC Chicago

@nbcchicago

2 years

After 4 Overdoses at River North Bar, Chicago Health Officials Share Resources for Opioid Addiction

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

7 months

Imagine thinking this is a good idea to do one block east of Mt Greenwood

Dana Rebik

@DanaRebikWGN

7 months

Residents in Beverly watched as car caravan drifting took over 103rd & California Saturday night @WGNNews at 5:30

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

7 years

@DaryaKRONFolsom Don’t hide behind him. Own your mistake.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 months

The patron saint of Marine combat correspondents who showed us how to thrive/survive with the grunts @MatthewModine

Brian Castner

@Brian_Castner

2 months

@LuisRAgostini @GPIngersoll Lots of people on the bird app telling on themselves that they’ve never seen Full Metal Jacket.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

1 year

Using 1/600 of your daily tweet views to remind you that Cook County recorded nearly 2,000 opioid overdose deaths (so far) in 2022, most of which involved fentanyl. Fentanyl has been detected in nearly every category of illicit drug, from cocaine & heroin to meth & MDMA.

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2 months

@KimbyPhillip Of course not. But imagine justifying paying more for a private boat off of Lake Shore Drive than the Italian coast

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4 months

Memorial Day is for honoring and remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Veterans Day is for celebrating all who served, past and present, living and deceased.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 years

Just heard someone on national cable news say that people in "the poorest areas of Chicago" aren't using rifles to kill.........think @SPOTNEWSonIG @CPD1617Scanner @CWBChicago would beg to differ

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

1 year

Free naloxone (Narcan) available at all Chicago Public Libraries. Even if you don’t use or suffer from a substance use disorder, you never know when you’ll be in a position to reverse an overdose and save a life. #InternationalOverdoseAwarenessDay

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@LuisRAgostini

4 months

Happy birthday to the United States Army

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 years

There’s good people left in this city. Shoutout to Eleuterio, an Uber driver from Humboldt Park who found & returned my wallet after I had lost it at Midway earlier in the week when dropping family off curbside.

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2 years

Just ran data from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office: fentanyl-related deaths have more than doubled in Chicago for the first half of 2022 compared to 2018 & 2019. Dramatic spike began in 2020 and has hovered at/near 600 fentanyl-related deaths from January-June.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

4 years

This 3/5 warrior served and fought in the meanest, toughest battlefields of Afghanistan just to be senselessly murdered in Chicago. Rest easy, Marine. We got this.

Man pushed in front of El train, killed was Marine who served in Afghanistan

CHICAGO — Family members say a Marine veteran who served two tours in Afghanistan was killed in a Chicago subway tunnel Tuesday after he was pushed onto the tracks and struck by a Red Line train. A…

wgntv.com

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

4 months

He is officially a justice-impacted individual

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Luis Agostini

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1 year

If you’re a parent sending your kid off to Lolla this weekend, don’t be afraid of being the bad guy or nagging boomer parent. Have the talk(s) with your kid BEFORE they leave the house. Check in on them. Have an established egress/emergency plan for worst case scenarios.

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3 years

Par for the course

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1 year

@WrightRealtor1 @CWBChicago Do the cars/traffic jam/restriction of movement bother you (understandably), or is it the increased presence of Mexicans and Mexican symbolism/pride and cultural celebration that grinds your gears?

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2 years

OTD 1985: DEA Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, on his way to meet his wife for lunch, was surrounded by 5 armed men who threw him into a car & sped away. That was the last time anyone but his kidnappers would see him alive. His body was not discovered until March 5, 1985.

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Luis Agostini

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@Julio_Rosas11 I have aunts in their 70s with limited mobility who don’t speak English trying to get to make their flight this morning. Way to go.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

3 years

THIS is my Chicago. “God Bless America” sang by @Chicago_Police ’s own PO Kenyatta Gaines. All unity & support in a packed @whitesox Saturday night summer game. Chicagoans supporting their police.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

11 months

You should not have to be strapped to take the trash out on Sunday night or bringing your kids back into the house from practice. But here we are

NBC Chicago

@nbcchicago

11 months

Shocking video shows moment armed men attack Beverly couple, point guns to steal their car

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@LuisRAgostini

1 year

1,404 opioid overdose deaths in Chicago last year, 93% (1,309) related to fentanyl.

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@LuisRAgostini

1 year

@StuLoren Sorry this happened. It’s also these types of experiences that makes one promise to themself that they will never be caught off guard/unprepared again.

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@LuisRAgostini

3 years

Fallen Chicago Police Officer Ella French honored in ceremony in New York City on September 11th

The flag will be presented to Officer French's mother, Elizabeth French.

www.fox32chicago.com

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

1 year

It’s gonna be a hard sell convincing fam to visit in the foreseeable future 😞

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@LuisRAgostini

1 year

He was supposed to be at his baby shower today.

WGN TV News

@WGNNews

1 year

#BreakingNews Ex-Navy veteran, 28, found shot to death inside tow truck on West Side

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

5 months

“We will continue to make sure that this is investigated properly. You will not find me on the Stephen A. Smith show.” - CPD Supt Snelling 🐐

WGN Morning News

@WGNMorningNews

5 months

Demonstrators spent the majority of Thursday evening outside CPD headquarters, with tensions also rising inside the building during the first police board meeting since the release of the body camera footage from the Dexter Reed fatal shooting

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Luis Agostini

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11 months

Happy 248th birthday, Marines!

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 years

All good. My son will protect yours

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9 months

@CWBChicago Were they youth (13-24)?

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@LuisRAgostini

3 years

Imagine the Russian soldier who has to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Klitschkos

Mike Coppinger

@MikeCoppinger

3 years

Former heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, plans to take up arms to defend against Russia's invasion. "It's already a bloody war. I don't have another choice. I have to do that. I would fight."

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3 years

@gabrielpiemonte Hi Gabriel. Yes I did serve. 2000-2012. Attached to 3rd Battalion 5th Marines as a Marine combat correspondent during the Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Here’s a photo of me on said Fallujah rooftop

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@LuisRAgostini

1 year

💙 💙 💙 💙

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2 years

That one time my son got to meet his hero John Cena at the Camp Pendleton premiere of “The Marine” in 2006. Fast forward 17 years and my son is now a Marine at Camp Pendleton.

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Luis Agostini

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5 months

Maaaan I’ll tell you what

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2 years

I’m selling a PlayStation VR headset on Facebook Marketplace & just got an inquiry from a local gentleman whose cover photo has him posing with laser sight equipped firearms w/drum mags in each hand. Positive note - looks like he’s offering my asking price

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Luis Agostini

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1 year

@WrightRealtor1 @CWBChicago Piss poor Google Translate effort. And celebrating one’s heritage, whether it be Mexican, Polish or Irish, should not be conflated with one’s sense of patriotism and allegiance (or lack thereof) to the current home country. Oh happy #HispanicHeritageMonth2023 🇲🇽 🇵🇷 🇨🇺 🇨🇴 🇩🇴 🇻🇪

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1 year

Fentanyl is frequently co-mingled w/ other illicit drugs, often without victim's knowledge. See below for # of times cocaine, heroin, meth & MDMA were listed alongside fentanyl as the primary cause of death in Chicago last year: Cocaine - 606 Heroin - 288 Meth - 152 MDMA - 7

Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

1 year

Looks like a new batch of Cook County Medical Examiner toxicology reports from 2022 have been completed. For the first time ever, there have been more than 1,300 (1,307) fentanyl-related deaths recorded in Chicago for a single year.

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1 year

@CPD1617Scanner Attempted murder

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2 years

. @LakeCoILSheriff Christopher Covelli doing a great job managing the flow of public information amidst the horrific & fluid tragedy.

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@LuisRAgostini

1 year

1 WEEK of infant care at a really good licensed daycare facility in Mount Greenwood costs $390. $400/week at a federal child care center (for federal employees)

Ja'Mal Green

@JaymalGreen

1 year

Chicago, I got access to the 29 million dollar Garda World contract. These are inflated prices. They charging us $531 a day to watch each child and $1,085 per day for an interpreter. 7.2 Million a month to take care of 1200-1400 people. This is LUDICROUS!

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If you sold out Wrigley/Guaranteed Rate/Soldier Field/United Center/Allstate Arena/NOW Arena/Wintrust Arena & packed McCormick Place to capacity, that would represent just under 2% of the amount of estimated deadly doses of fentanyl seized by DEA in IL (11.84 million) in 2022.

ABC 7 Chicago

@ABC7Chicago

2 years

The DEA is out with an astounding statistic: federal drug agents have seized enough doses of fentanyl this year to kill every single American.

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3 years

Imagine having to be on edge & vigilant AF on your way to/from A Christmas Carol

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6 months

At this point let’s do Monday Night Raw while we’re at it

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3 months

Juanita Jordan was NOT carjacked in Chicago.

Juanita Vanoy Jordan

@theonly1juanita

3 months

@amyjacobson @TMZ I don't live in Chicago I don't drive a Rolls Royce 2a. IF I owned a Rolls Royce, I would have a driver and security Said driver and security would absolutely be strapped-TRUST! If any of this were True...it would read 2 black male suspects shot and ....YKMYK People, take it from

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The Chicago Department of Public Health has issued a Health Alert on an increase in opioid overdoses that occurred between May 11-13. Over the past few years, fentanyl was present in approximately 9 out of every 10 fatal opioid overdoses in Chicago.

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2 years

Also - more counterfeit pills containing fentanyl have been seized in Chicago by the DEA so far this year than the two previous years combined. This city remains a major distribution hub for drug trafficking throughout the U.S.

Chicago Sun-Times

@Suntimes

2 years

Heroin and marijuana have long been Mexican cartels’ big moneymakers in Chicago. But DEA cocaine seizures rose 50% in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana in the year ending Sept. 30 and keep rising in the Chicago area.

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2 years

Thoughts & prayers to everyone in Chicago who bought last-minute gifts for a Thursday/Friday/Saturday delivery ETA 😬

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@LuisRAgostini

1 year

Normally take Metra straight to LaSalle but train was stopped at 35th due to motorcade. Got off to hop on Red Line into Jackson and that’s where I encountered the family. They made it off safely to their destination.

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1 year

First time at @RaviniaFestival , about to enjoy some @John_Fogerty

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@LuisRAgostini

3 years

On the 4th of July 3 years ago I was walking back to the car w/my then 16 yr old son in Pilsen. Looked down the block & saw gangbangers doing gang shit. Crossed the street. 30 seconds later I’m shielding my son in a doorway from gang crossfire. We will never forget that.

Rafael A. Mangual

@Rafa_Mangual

3 years

Too many self-styled reformers have no sense of what it’s like to live in a place where you have to walk past gangbangers on a regular basis, knowing that they might mistake you for an “opp” and haul off on you…

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2 years

A must-read.

WSJ Politics

@WSJPolitics

2 years

The fentanyl that's killing record numbers of Americans comes mostly from two sources: The Sinaloa and Jalisco drug cartels.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 years

Glad a few Chicago-area parents had the opportunity to share their stories of grief & purpose, as the drug overdose epidemic continues to take the lives of young adults at a pace never before seen in the U.S.

WBEZ

@WBEZ

2 years

“He was the bright shining light of our family … It’s just demolished our family,” says Dean Jeske, whose youngest son Peter died last year after taking a pill laced with fentanyl.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

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@Slys58 Literally makes no sense here

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 months

@jus10chi Them looking State & Wacker

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

5 months

“The agency's 2024 Drug Threat Assessment Report calls fentanyl the nation's greatest & most urgent drug menace. It also highlights how cartels continue to distribute deadly & poisonous drugs across the country. A map shows Illinois's cartel presence is among the nation's worst.”

ABC 7 Chicago

@ABC7Chicago

5 months

Fentanyl is now listed as the nation's greatest and most urgent drug threat as Mexican cartels remain at the heart of drug trafficking threatening Chicago and other American communities, according to a new DEA report.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

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2019 is what any progress in crime reduction should be measured against, when they ended the year with less than 500 murders. That’s still insane to say out loud as a positive

HeyJackass.com

@w_h_thompson

3 months

#Chicago Day 172, 2024 15 shot, 6 fatally 1 late passing from 6/9 shooting Jan 1 - Jun 20: 2024: 258 killed, 1100 wounded 2023: 300 killed, 1090 wounded 2022: 308 killed, 1195 wounded 2021: 340 killed, 1461 wounded 2020: 307 killed, 1239 wounded 2019: 241 killed, 925 wounded

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

2 years

Pinning Marine Corps lance corporal chevrons on my son’s (in front) collar this morning.

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Luis Agostini

@LuisRAgostini

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975 confirmed opioid overdose-related deaths in Chicago so far this year. This does not include any of the 700+ cases throughout Cook County pending further examination/toxicology. 975. Nearly double the number of murders officially recorded in Chicago YTD (534 as of 11/6)

Stephanie Ramirez

@RamirezReports

11 months

#BREAKING TODAY DC @MayorBowser is now declaring public emergencies (issuing Mayor’s Orders) to address Youth Violence & the separate issue of Opioids. The order on Youth Violence focuses on @DYRSDC allowing DC to take emergency measures to secure DYRS Capacity. @fox5dc

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