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Perspective: Watch out! Your walk in the park may get ruined

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Recently, I walked through downtown Chicago with signs reading “Feed Gaza.”

Upon arriving at Navy Pier, I was stopped by a private security detail. No signage allowed.

I was again confronted at Millennium Park. My approach to the Bean was forbidden.

Apparently, we’ve now attached another asterisk to the First Amendment. It needn’t apply if its exercise might bother tourists.

After all, who wants their day in the park ruined by the Constitution of the United States?

I'm Scott Summers, and that is my Perspective.

Scott Summers is a McHenry County attorney. His blog SummersTimes is at ssummers.substack.com.