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Title: WOW! Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends ban on protesters on her block: ‘I have a right to make sure that my home is secure’
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Geller Report
URL Source: https://gellerreport.com/2020/08/wo ... e-that-my-home-is-secure.html/
Published: Aug 22, 2020
Author: Pamela Geller
Post Date: 2020-08-22 08:19:27 by IbJensen
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Views: 256
Comments: 3
(Lesbian Mayor Lightfoot is afeared) 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 (includes her wifey) at times require heightened security because of threats she receives daily. a group of people wearing costumes: Some protesters hold umbrellas while facing off with police near Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s home in Logan Square on July 23, 2020. © Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS Some protesters hold umbrellas while facing off with police near Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s home in Logan Square on July 23, 2020. 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. The directive surfaced in a July email from then-Shakespeare District Cmdr. 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.” Activists and police sources could not cite instances when the city repeatedly locked down her predecessor Emanuel’s block against protesters. The Kenwood block where former President Barack Obama lived with his family when his primary residence was in Chicago was shut down for access only by residents after his election. But Lightfoot said such comparisons “don’t make any sense,” after Brown referenced the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as well as civil unrest that have flared since the George Floyd killing at the hands of Minneapolis police. “I’m not going to make any excuses for the fact that, given the threats I have personally received, given the threats to my home and my family, I’m going to do everything I can to make sure they’re protected,” Lightfoot said. “I make no apologies whatsoever for that.” 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. Aside from the expanded police presence to block protesters from reaching her home, Lightfoot already receives 24/7 protection from cops including officers stationed at the residence. The aggressive policing has sometimes siphoned away resources from the area’s police district, some sources with knowledge of the situation said, leading to quiet grumbling. Both Lightfoot and Brown noted there are laws on the books banning residential protests, but Brown acknowledged the Police Department does not always enforce them. Brown said the city tries to give “wiggle room” for protesters. Brown also cited instances where peaceful protests have been “hijacked” by agitators as reason for keeping demonstrators off Lightfoot’s block. “We have seen very peaceful First Amendment protests for the most part but embedded in each of those protests have been very violent people. And they’re embedded. They put up umbrellas. And they come for a fight,” Brown said. “So we have to prepare for what we’ve s Poster Comment: Bettlejuice insisted she had every right to get her hair done when the rest of Chicago was locked in their homes for the China Virus hysteria. Getting her hair done did not help her look any better. She is what she is: an ugly, fish-eyed perverted lesbian bitch.
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#1. To: IbJensen (#0)
Dear God, send a cleansing fire...let it start in Chicago!
Chicago voters continue on their march toward their lemming-like end. They are apparently all utterly stupid. So many cities and states to stay away from. Now we have corporate idiots who don't know that BLM has nothing to do with Floyd the Druggie, but everything to do with their demise. One thing that does emerge from this Nightmare On Main Street: a net loss for American Negroes. They'll all be tarred with the same brush which is regrettable. Liberals are like Slinkys. They're good for nothing, but somehow they bring a smile to your face as you shove them down the stairs.
At this point there seems to be no way to reverse this. The Democrats are an extinction level event. We can only make moves to protect ourselves. And I hope everyone here has some sort of plan... As for me I'm beginning to pray those imprecatory prayers (that I was instructed were NOT for the Age of Grace, yet here we are :-o
She is what she is: an ugly, fish-eyed perverted lesbian bitch.
...and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
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#3. To: IbJensen (#2)
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