Posted on 06/27/2024 6:59:30 PM PDT by Salman
With the Democratic National Convention less than two months away, a coalition of community organizations voiced “serious concerns” Thursday about the Chicago Police Department’s newly revised mass arrest policy.
The overhaul stems from closed-door meetings authorized by the federal judge presiding over the department’s court-ordered reform push after the so-called consent decree coalition warned that an earlier version of the policy “eviscerates protections” that are otherwise granted to protesters.
In a court filing, the coalition acknowledges the latest draft policy contains various “improvements,” including changes that ban the controversial containment tactic known as “kettling” and prohibit officers from arresting protesters for minor offenses unless they pose a public safety threat, damage property or disobey a dispersal order.
However, the coalition notes that “serious deficiencies remain.”
The policy fails to draw a line between crowds protected under the First Amendment and those engaged in illegal activity such as looting, according to the coalition. And it doesn’t “distinguish between unlawful but nonviolent civil disobedience and unlawful actions that could result in physical harm to people or property.”
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I am not sure what’s worse: community organizers or career politicians. Both are a blight on the country.
Who will the new Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman be?
The Whole World Is Watching!
For you old, I mean mature, folks who remember the 1968 circus in Chicago.
“Who will the new Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman be?”
And who will be the new Julius Hoffman.
Answer, nobody because Kamala Harris will cheer on violent protestors and bail them out. Liberal DA’s will dismiss their charges.
The left’s brownshirts must not be interfered with.
"Mayor Daley, this one's for you"
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