CHICAGO — Early Saturday morning, Dave Miller of Lincoln Square’s Bagel Miller got a text from one of his employees saying she didn’t feel safe coming into work.

Living in the Logan Square and Humboldt Park area — where federal agents have smoke bombed and tear-gassed people on the streets — she was afraid to leave her house, she said.

After hearing from other employees expressing similar feelings, Miller, who was out of town at the time, told them to stay home. While the neighborhood’s popular Apple Fest was in full force, the restaurant at 4655 N. Lincoln Ave. locked its doors and accepted only online orders to be picked up at its to-go window. Employees would still be paid, Miller assured them. The business has since reopened fully.

“We can’t ask anyone to risk their safety just to s

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