"Peaceful protest does not necessarily mean that someone is exercising their First Amendment rights," Snelling said at a joint Press Conference with US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. "First Amendment protection is only there if you’re not committing a crime. You can be acting out peacefully and still breaking the law. If you sit in a roadway, or you’re blocking a venue, or private property and you refuse to leave, those are crimes.
Snelling and Cheatle delivered the remarks as Cheatle was in town for strategy meetings and a walk-through of the United Center and McCormick Place. Secret Service officials said there will be portable surveillance equipment around the United Center in areas where there are no Shotspotter cameras. A formal plan for a security perimeter around the arena won’t be announced until the week of July 25, as city and federal officials hammer out details on street and Eisenhower ramp closures.
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