In Broadview, IL, Mayor Katrina Thompson reduced the area around the ICE facility where people can protest after a weekend protest got out of hand, leading to 15 arrests.
Broadview is about 12.7 miles west of Chicago. For those from Chicago, it’s located just north of Brookfield Zoo.
Thompson placed the safety zone right at the ICE facility. She has already signed an executive order allowing protests to occur between 9 AM and 6 PM.
From The Center Square:
“[T]oo many protesters are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home,” Thompson said. “Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.”—“Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street,” she said. “This new measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.”
Thompson stressed she supported the protesters’ right to free speech.
But Thomson added: “Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”
The protests on Saturday happened after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit gave President Donald Trump control over the National Guard in Illinois with an administrative stay.
However, the court did not permit Trump to deploy the National Guard to Illinois.
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