Chicago news outlets have published and aired seemingly endless images and videos from inside the South Shore apartment building raided by federal immigration agents this week. You’ve undoubtedly seen them: doors hanging open, apartments torn apart, and hallways left in disarray after the feds left.
What the outlets haven’t shared is what the building looked like before the raid. That’s why we’re here.
On Friday night, CWBChicago obtained several videos recorded inside the building at 7500 South South Shore Drive that were posted to TikTok in September, about three weeks before the federal raid. The “before” footage is in some ways more shocking than the “after,” showing living conditions that appear unfit for rats, let alone humans…