Chicago Tribune | Aug 21, 2020 | News | 11
Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended the Chicago Police Department’s ban on
protesters being able to demonstrate on the block where she lives,
telling reporters Thursday that she and her family at times require
heightened security because of threats she receives daily.
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.
“I think that residents of this city, understanding the nature of the
threats that we are receiving on a daily basis, on a daily basis,
understand I have a right to make sure that my home is secure,”
Lightfoot said.
Lightfoot and Chicago police Superintendent David Brown were asked at
an unrelated news conference about a Tribune report noting police have
banned protesters from demonstrating on her block in the Logan Square
neighborhood, ordering officers to arrest anyone who refuses to leave........To Read More....
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