{"id":39778,"date":"2020-08-21T15:10:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T19:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=39778"},"modified":"2020-08-21T15:10:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T19:10:16","slug":"the-first-amendment-only-applies-when-it-is-convenient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=39778","title":{"rendered":"The First Amendment Only Applies When It Is Convenient"},"content":{"rendered":"

Red State Observer<\/a> posted an article yesterday about some recent actions by Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago.<\/p>\n

The article quotes the Chicago Tribune<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Lori Lightfoot defended the Chicago Police Department\u2019s 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2019 homes, such as Rahm Emanuel\u2019s Ravenswood residence, are unfair because \u201cthis is a different time like no other,\u201d Lightfoot told reporters.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI 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,\u201d Lightfoot said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Doesn’t anyone else have the right to make sure that their home is secure? It seems to me that the mayor’s job is to protect all of the citizens–not just herself.<\/p>\n

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Red State Observer posted an article yesterday about some recent actions by Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago. The article quotes the Chicago Tribune: Lori Lightfoot defended the Chicago Police Department\u2019s ban on protesters being able to demonstrate on the block … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[739,12770,12768,12769,12604,12767],"class_list":["post-39778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-police-department","tag-lori-lightfoot","tag-protests","tag-red-state-observer","tag-the-chicago-tribune"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39779,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39778\/revisions\/39779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}