Rahm Ramps Up the Repression: New Protest Rules Ahead of G-8/NATO Meetings in Chicago
Submitted on January 17, 2012
By Matt Reichel - January 16, 2012
Ahead of the overlapping G-8 and NATO summits in Chicago scheduled for May 19th-21st, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has ramped up the repression of principled dissent in a city that has quite the history of it...“Rahmbo” has introduced two new ordinances that would overhaul the city’s existing laws dealing with protests and parades...[T]he measures include increased fines for resisting arrest, reduced opening hours for public parks, and much stricter parade regulations. Together, they appear to be an effort to stifle free speech under the guise of defending the public from unwieldy “anarchists.”
