In response to the mayor’s announcement, Colleen Connell, executive director of the ACLU of Illinois, said, “Social media monitoring by law enforcement holds a number of dangers, including chilling protected speech and opening the door to targeting based on protected speech, race, association, and neighborhood. Now make no mistake, there is a lot of righteous anger and grief boiling here and across the country, and that isn't just about George Floyd," Lightfoot said during a news conference Sunday. As reported by the blog Lawfare and confirmed by the Washington Post, in the midst of unrest in cities like Portland, Oregon, the Department of Homeland Security has authorized monitoring of social media to track potential references to “damag[ing] or destroy[ing] any public monument, memorial, or statue.”. Mayor Lori Lightfoot listens during a press conference at City Hall in Chicago, Wednesday, July 22, 2020. ", Man Seriously Injured in Shooting on CTA Red Line Platform in Englewood, Hostage Situation Ends Peacefully at Dolton Motel, Woman and Child Rescued, Copyright © 2020 NBC Universal Inc. All rights reserved. !☛ Visit our Official website: https://www.politicalhub.co.in☛ Like us: https://www.fb.me/PoliticalHub24☛ Download App : https://goo.gl/ry6RFX☛ Subscribe to our Official Channel - https://goo.gl/VN4Ld1Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot hold a press conference amid George Floyd Protests Live | May 30, 2020 Want more Rolling Stone? She gave updates on COVID-19 and spoke about how the police handled a protest in Chicago this past weekend. The social media monitoring is part of a five-point strategy to combat unrest in Chicago, where more than 100 people were arrested on Sunday, August 8th. Unlike the night before, Sunday's damage was not limited to the city alone, but spread out to area suburbs, many of which instituted curfews, closed roads and warned residents to stay home. "And it's about a system that demands change. 20K Views.

"Seeing the images and reading the reports of reckless destruction that played out across our city and really across our country was heartbreaking. She alleged that the destruction and theft was planned. In the past, freedom of expression advocates have spoken out against such tactics, arguing that they have a “disparate” effect on communities that are already overpoliced, such as people of color, according to a November 2019 from the Brennan Center for Justice. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is set to provide an update after another night of unrest across the city saw mostly peaceful protests, stores and buildings damaged, a heavy presence of police and the Illinois National Guard as well as more arrests. “There's no question that both the people who were fighting who brought the weapons that was absolutely organized and choreographed,” Lightfoot said in reference to attendees bringing shovels, hammers and other objects to the protests. ", Lightfoot went on to denounce people who looted and vandalized the city, saying they "decided to try to hijack this moment and use it as an opportunity to wreak havoc, to loot and to destroy.". Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago Police Department hold a press conference on protests in the city over the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd.#TimWalz #Minneapolis #JacobFrey #Minnesota #GeorgeFloyd #MinneapolisRiot#LoriLightfoot #Chicago #mayor #curfew Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a 9 p.m. curfew in Chicago effective immediately at a press conference Saturday.Protesters and police clashed violently Saturday evening as crowds returned to downtown Chicago for a second day of protests as outrage continues to pulse across the United States in the wake of the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd.Noting her “total disgust” for rioters hitting downtown Chicago, the mayor announced a curfew from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. “until further notice” effective Saturday night.Giving protesters 35-minute notice that she called “ample,” Lightfoot said violators of the curfew would be taken into custody.“The situation has clearly devolved, and we’ve stepped in to make the necessary arrests… We’re going to be aggressive in arresting the people who want to engage in criminal acts.”In a statement, city officials said the curfew is “enforceable by law and restricts people from remaining in any public place — including but not limited to streets and highways, and common areas of schools, hospitals, office buildings and shops; or on the premises of any establishment — defined as any privately owned business operated for a profit to which the public is invited.”☛Please subscribe and don't forget to click the bell button !

The police officer who pinned him down with a knee on his neck has been charged with third-degree murder. “It seems also clear that the fires that were set both the vehicles and buildings- that that was organized.