Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended the Chicago Police Department banning protesters from the block where she lives, citing her right to safety. The Democratic mayor said her family requires heightened security due to threats she receives, but did not elaborate. After massive street protests after the killing of George Floyd in May, Chicago police banned protests near the mayor’s home. Officials said “car caravans full” of people stormed Chicago’s Magnificient Mile, Irving North and Gold Coast neighborhoods that Sunday night. City officials were forced to shut down public transit and lift all bridges to downtown into the following morning.

Source: Fox News August 20, 2020 22:30 UTC