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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Matthew Hendrickson

Lightfoot attends hearing for man accused of threatening her, saying it shows need for ‘the protection to which I am entitled’

Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot, shown in October, attended a hearing Thursday of a Michigan man accused of threatening to shoot her. He’s out on bail. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file)

Months after her bodyguard detail was reduced, former Mayor Lori Lightfoot attended a brief hearing Thursday for a man accused of threatening to shoot her, saying it shows why she needs “the protection to which I am entitled.”

Lightfoot was trailed by reporters as she entered the Leighton Criminal Courthouse to attend a status hearing for William Kohles, 42, accused of posting a threat last fall on the mayor’s official webpage.

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