The worry about 60’s type protest ‘s at the Democratic Convention have NOT happened ….
About 1,000 people demonstrated and marched peacefully against the war in Gaza on Wednesday evening, as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz prepared to address day three of the Democratic National Convention a short distance away.
The crowd rallied in Chicago’s Union Park before marching with police escort route to a park within sight of the convention hall.
Where police had stepped in during protests over the convention’s first two days to arrest dozens of people in sometimes aggressive confrontations, Wednesday’s procession was largely a family affair, with dozens of children tagging along with their parents. No arrests were reported by early Wednesday night.
Chicago is home to the country’s biggest Palestinian-American community, where the 10-month war and its devastating death toll have pushed residents into fervent anti-war activism and almost weekly protests against the carnage in Gaza since Oct. 7….
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More than 2,000 pro-Palestinian protesters marched Wednesday past a park where pro-Israel demonstrators had gathered earlier and toward the arena hosting the third night of the Democratic National Convention.
The demonstration, which stayed largely peaceful, came a day after violent clashesbetween police and protesters led to 56 arrests at a much smaller unsanctioned protest outside the Israeli Consulate.
Organizers of Wednesday’s demonstration drew on the Chicago area’s Palestinian community, one of the largest in the country, by bringing buses from suburban mosques….
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The Israeli Consulate has been the site of numerous demonstrations since the war in Gaza began in October, and protests during the DNC have largely focused on opposing the Israel-Hamas war..
The largest protest so far, which attracted about 3,500 people on Monday, was largely peaceful and resulted in 13 arrests, most related to a breach of security fencing. Two were arrested Sunday night during another mostly peaceful march….
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