‘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

[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.

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There you go, thinking again...

[Red Badger]

I get in more trouble doing that than you could possibly imagine........................

[null and void]

Dunno. I have a pretty vivid imagination, and much the same problem...

[smvoice]

So The Lemur has been declared an endangered species..

[Pollster1]

Arson, riots, and looting on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile are all okay. Peaceably assembling to send a message to the elitists at their homes is not okay. Got it.

[Bikkuri]

Nicely put..

[nhbob1]

All the police on these details should call in sick and walk away when the mob arrives

[zeugma]

Someone local needs to document via videotape, exactly how many officers are protecting this hypocrite.

[SunkenCiv]

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[GOPJ]

Looters for thee but not for me? Democrat mayors are such loads...

[Flaming Conservative]

This woman (?) makes Jane Byrne look like Solomon.

[hattend]

Beetleuice needs the beauty sleep.

So, you're saying she doesn't sleep at all?