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‘Fort Lori’: Chicago police ban protests on Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s block, order arrests for anyone who won’t leave
www.chicagotribune.com ^ | Aug 20, 2020 at 5:00 AM | By Gregory Pratt, Megan Crepeau and Jeremy Gorner

Posted on 08/20/2020 10:15:07 AM PDT by Red Badger

The Chicago Police Department has effectively banned protesters from demonstrating on Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s block in the Logan Square neighborhood, ordering officers to arrest anyone who refuses to leave, the Tribune has learned.

The directive surfaced in a July email from then-Shakespeare District Commander Melvin Roman to officers under his command. It did not distinguish between the peaceful protesters Lightfoot regularly says she supports and those who might intend to be destructive, but ordered that after a warning is given to demonstrators, “It should be locked down.”

Since the order, and even for a time just prior to its writing, Chicago cops have repeatedly blocked protesters’ access to the block with groups of officers and barricades. Police have often kept protesters contained at the nearby corner of Kimball and Wrightwood avenues, though one standoff between activists and officers last month saw police go as far as bringing in an armored vehicle in case things got out of hand.

Some neighbors in the Logan Square area have complained about the city’s approach to protests around Lightfoot’s house, which at times has included checking residents’ IDs before letting them close. Ron Kaminecki, a 69-year old patent attorney and bike shop owner who lives on Bernard Street a few houses from Lightfoot, said some neighbors have been frustrated by the police presence and barricades.

“I came up with the name ‘Fort Lori’ because it’s so hard to get in and out,” Kaminecki said.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: bulldagger; chicago; illinois; lorilightfoot
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To: Red Badger

Some animals are more equal...


21 posted on 08/20/2020 10:37:32 AM PDT by null and void (Quarantine the sick. Shield the vulnerable. Free everyone else!)
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To: null and void

If they are ‘peaceful’ why does she need cops to protect her?................


22 posted on 08/20/2020 10:40:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said "There is no marriage in Heaven." ... That's why they call it Heaven............)
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To: Red Badger

Wow, you think maybe they could do that downtown also?


23 posted on 08/20/2020 10:41:18 AM PDT by Colo9250
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To: Bikkuri

FDR freed government from the Law ... it was inevitable that the government would then view the people as the objects of its power and prestige. A free people benefit from a government bound by strong chains. A free government benefits by the chains it imposes on the people. I’ve sometimes noted that the need for monuments to national glory in DC has risen in direct proportion to Arbitrary government.


24 posted on 08/20/2020 10:42:01 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Colo9250

One would, wouldn’t one?...............


25 posted on 08/20/2020 10:42:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said "There is no marriage in Heaven." ... That's why they call it Heaven............)
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To: Red Badger

Remember. When the SHTF this is what the police will be doing, protecting the corrupt pols. The one’s that show up, that is.


26 posted on 08/20/2020 10:42:23 AM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: Red Badger

The Left needs disruption of society to advance their fetid Revolution.


27 posted on 08/20/2020 10:43:03 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Red Badger

Sure hope nobody calls in one of those swatting hoaxes to her neighborhood, that would probably cause all kind of chaos.


28 posted on 08/20/2020 10:43:28 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan)
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To: Seruzawa

Their numbers would be quite thin very quickly...................


29 posted on 08/20/2020 10:43:30 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said "There is no marriage in Heaven." ... That's why they call it Heaven............)
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To: Red Badger

Dems are the biggest hypocrites on the planet..


30 posted on 08/20/2020 11:03:01 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Red Badger

Some more equal than others


31 posted on 08/20/2020 11:05:20 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Red Badger

That block should become ground zero for the Chicago revolution.


32 posted on 08/20/2020 11:05:41 AM PDT by Manic_Episode (Wut?)
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To: Red Badger

Protesting to demand redress of grievances from your elected officials is the most clear-cut of all cases of “protected speech” one could possibly imagine.

If they get away with blocking that, then there is no “freedom of speech” to speak of.


33 posted on 08/20/2020 11:12:59 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance Is Strength................


34 posted on 08/20/2020 11:15:17 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said "There is no marriage in Heaven." ... That's why they call it Heaven............)
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To: Red Badger

Lori Lightweight’s special lesbian superpowers can’t stop the mobs. But defunding the police and stricter gun control are good ideas.


35 posted on 08/20/2020 11:17:44 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Virtue signalling is no virtue)
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To: cdcdawg

In addition to this slice of hypocrisy, both Shortshanks and the Ballerina (Daley Jr and Rahm) still receive round the clock police protection from the soon to be bankrupt City of Chicago. Daley Jr hasn’t been mayor for close to 10 years. Tell me any other city in the USA that provides police protection for its former mayors.


36 posted on 08/20/2020 11:19:01 AM PDT by Freedumb
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To: Red Badger

NIMBY


37 posted on 08/20/2020 11:22:39 AM PDT by mykroar (Congratulations President Trump)
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To: right way right

Oops. Sorry. We didn’t want to use too much force to get in the way of a peaceful and they got past the barricade.


38 posted on 08/20/2020 11:33:51 AM PDT by matt04
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To: Impala64ssa

Her brain is in backwards. Call a sturgeon.


39 posted on 08/20/2020 11:48:04 AM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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To: Red Badger

There you go, thinking again...


40 posted on 08/20/2020 11:51:08 AM PDT by null and void (Quarantine the sick. Shield the vulnerable. Free everyone else!)
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