No Games Chicago organized a protest at Federal Plaza on April 2nd, in opposition to Chicago's 2016 Olympic bid. It was cold, overcast and raining and JaGoFF was there to document it. (View full photo set here).
The idea of having the Olympics in Chicago is wonderful one. However, if it is at the cost of having less police on the street in favor of rent-a-mall cops and ineffective, big-brother style surveillance cameras "on every street corner" - while our violent crime rate soars. If it means privatizing our public parking meters, selling off our roadways and airports while our school system, public transportation, medical facilities and infrastructure crumbles. If it means sacrificing our creative and cultural communities by proposing ridiculous laws like that of the Promoters' Ordinance - then we simply cannot afford it.
Thanks but no thanks.
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