To quote Doc Holliday — or at least the Val Kilmer version of him — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s “hypocrisy knows no bounds”.

According to the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Police Department is under orders from the Mayor’s Office that no protesters are allowed in the area of Logan’s Square where the Mayor lives.  The story says:

The directive surfaced in a July email from then-Shakespeare District Commander Melvin Roman to officers under his command. It did not distinguish between the peaceful protesters Lightfoot regularly says she supports and those who might intend to be destructive, but ordered that after a warning is given to demonstrators, “It should be locked down.”

Since the order, and even for a time just prior to its writing, Chicago cops have repeatedly blocked protesters’ access to the block with groups of officers and barricades. Police have often kept protesters contained at the nearby corner of Kimball and Wrightwood avenues, though one standoff between activists and officers last month saw police go as far as bringing in an armored vehicle in case things got out of hand.

Some of her neighbors are calling the area “Fort Lori”, and are angered by the fact that Chicago PD is often requiring ID checks before letting residents pass to get to their homes.

To justify this policy, Chicago Police officials point out that the Chicago Municipal Code prohibits protests in residential neighborhoods.  When asked to provide other examples of similar prohibitions enforced by Chicago PD against protesters in other residential neighborhoods, the only response give to the Tribune was “every situation is evaluated by the size of the protests and the available space.”

In a stunning statement reflecting an “Alice In Wonderland” view of recent Chicago history, and a stunning lack of self-awareness in the statement made, Chicago PD issued the following statement in defending the implementation of the policy:

“As with every planned protest in the city, [Chicago Police Department] implements safety measures and precautions to not only ensure protestors are abiding by the law but also to ensure both protestors and residents are protected and safe,” a spokesman said in a written statement.

So, THAT’s what this was last week:

So, the protection of Mayor Lightfoot’s neighborhood is just a continuation of the policies carried out last week in downtown Chicago.

But not all is well within Chicago PD with regard to the Mayor’s demands regarding her own neighborhood.

Aside from the expanded police presence to block protesters from reaching her home, Lightfoot already receives 24/7 protection from cops including officers stationed at the residence. The aggressive policing has sometimes siphoned away resources from the area’s police district, some sources with knowledge of the situation said, leading to quiet grumbling.

And it’s far from the first incident in which Lightfoot has changed the way Chicago PD provides protective services to her.

Then, earlier this summer, Lightfoot gave him leadership control over the Chicago police officers assigned to guard City Hall and her home.