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Citing threats, Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends ban on protesters on her block: ‘I have a right to make sure that my home is secure’
Chicago Tribune ^
Posted on 08/20/2020 3:45:47 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
Lightfoot refused to elaborate on the specific threats, but said she receives them daily against herself, her wife and her home. Comparisons to how the Police Department has protected previous mayors’ homes, such as Rahm Emanuel’s Ravenswood residence, are unfair because “this is a different time like no other,” Lightfoot told reporters.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: bulldagger; chicago; illinois; lightfoot; lightweight; lorilightfoot; nimby
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To: ameribbean expat
Her house but no one else’s. Can she hear herself?
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posted on
08/20/2020 3:55:27 PM PDT
by
Spok
(All free men are equal only in their freedom; everything else is up to them.i)
To: ameribbean expat; All
Thanks for the post/comment(s). Well-placed.
Ghoulish FACE - WORDS - DEEDS. PSYCHOPATH Lori Lightbrains has the trifecta.
Covid-19? No ez-1 brain virus. Don’t need no doctor to spot it, Fauxi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg5jEbDA55A
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posted on
08/20/2020 3:55:30 PM PDT
by
PGalt
(Past Peak Civilization?)
To: ameribbean expat
I think some in the media here are fed up with all the double standards ol’ Groot has for itself and its “ wife”. They are starting to push back.
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posted on
08/20/2020 3:56:44 PM PDT
by
Brasky
(You miss every shot you never take.)
To: digger48
Groot and Mrs. Groot:
To: ameribbean expat
To: ameribbean expat
Reminds me of Laurence Olivier in Marathon Man; “We are talking about my safety here!”
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posted on
08/20/2020 3:59:31 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(You are in far greater danger from authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
To: ameribbean expat
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish the real news from satire.
To: captain_dave
But I'm sure Mayor Groot is fine with BLM and Antifa types protesting (or worse) outside of the homes of civilians.
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posted on
08/20/2020 4:01:08 PM PDT
by
Major Matt Mason
(America has a DemocRat and RINO problem.)
To: Lizavetta
The wife sure looks like a man.
To: Lizavetta
Looks like a dude with boobs, Jim.
To: ameribbean expat
Unbelievable.
Why do voters in Chicago put up with this?
Chicago deserves what is going to happen to them. They will reap what they sow.
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posted on
08/20/2020 4:03:13 PM PDT
by
bobk333
To: dragnet2
Walleyed blowfish...How in hell do these people get elected.
You know that answer. ..
They lie, hide and obfuscate.
0buttWad showed them they way. ...
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posted on
08/20/2020 4:04:28 PM PDT
by
redshawk
( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE))
To: Lizavetta
To: ameribbean expat
Beetlejuice speaks....
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posted on
08/20/2020 4:05:17 PM PDT
by
liberalh8ter
(The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
To: aquila48
She uses armed law enforcement to ensure her safety while at the same time trying to limit the gun rights of all of the upstanding citizens in the city she governs.
CAN WE ALL SAY
“HYPOCRITE BITCH IN ACTION”
To: Lizavetta
so the groot not only doesn't like male blacks, it doesn't like female blacks either... sounds racist to me
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posted on
08/20/2020 4:06:26 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
To: ameribbean expat
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posted on
08/20/2020 4:06:40 PM PDT
by
kevao
(BIBLICAL JESUS: Give your money to the poor. SOCIALIST JESUS: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
To: ameribbean expat
Hear that, Chicago? You have the right to defend your property.
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posted on
08/20/2020 4:08:19 PM PDT
by
bk1000
(Banned from Breitbart)
To: ameribbean expat
Written like Babylon Bee.
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posted on
08/20/2020 4:09:15 PM PDT
by
Mark
(Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
To: ameribbean expat
The homes of the great unwashed,OTOH,are fair game.
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posted on
08/20/2020 4:10:06 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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