If Chicago lacks the police manpower to secure the NATO summit and a protest march to McCormick Place on the same day, City Hall has no business hosting world leaders, protesters argued Thursday.
After rejecting a city counterproposal they claim would have “ghettoized” their parade route to streets with “virtually no public visibility,” protesters formally appealed the decision by Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration to reject a permit for a parade virtually identical to the one City Hall approved in January.
Odds have dropped from 25-1 to around 10-1 that the city will somehow manage to dodge the NATO summit before the first week of April.
Keep your fingers crossed.
Keep your fingers crossed.