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AllyCat

(17,108 posts) Thu Sep 10, 2020, 08:01 AM Sep 2020

Lightfoot's ban on protests on her block. Question.

When I read the reason for the ban, she has a right to her safety. I get that. We all do. But this looks like all the other areas DON’T have a right to safety? I’m trying to discuss this with a GOPper and I don’t live there. Anyone have a way to explain this better? News reports are...thin. Thank you.

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Lightfoot's ban on protests on her block. Question. (Original Post) AllyCat Sep 2020 OP

It was actually the police... Tones2345 Sep 2020 #1

Thank you. I could only find her saying the "ordered" it. AllyCat Sep 2020 #2

Here's an article from the local PBS station Tones2345 Sep 2020 #3

Tones2345

(27 posts)

1. It was actually the police...

Reply to AllyCat (Original post)

Thu Sep 10, 2020, 08:10 AM

Sep 2020

The police banned protests on her block due to specific threats. She's obviously in support of the ban, but she didn't order the ban herself. They like to think that because she defended the ban, she instituted it, which is not true.

AllyCat

(17,108 posts)

2. Thank you. I could only find her saying the "ordered" it.

Reply to Tones2345 (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 10, 2020, 08:28 AM

Sep 2020

Didn’t see anything saying the police did this.

Tones2345

(27 posts)

3. Here's an article from the local PBS station

Reply to AllyCat (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 10, 2020, 08:39 AM

Sep 2020

https://news.wttw.com/2020/08/20/lightfoot-defends-police-ban-protests-outside-her-logan-square-home-citing-threatsLightfoot Defends Police Ban on Protests Outside Her Logan Square Home, Citing ‘Threats’
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