Pro-Palestianin protest’s are expected…..
One hopes they are peaceful and orderly….
Chiacge and Democrats have a history….
One hopes that those actions do NOT play into Trump and Republican’s increased support thru media coverage and end up being self-defeating…
From the moment the Democrats chose Chicago as the site for their nominating convention, it was a foregone conclusion that protesters would show up in large numbers. The city has a long tradition of left-wing activism, and nominating conventions tend to attract demonstrations.
But as the war in Gaza left tens of thousands dead and divided the Democratic Party, expectations for large protests heightened, as did the memories of protests devolving into clashes with the Chicago police outside the party’s 1968 convention.
City officials have argued in recent days with activist groups over protest details, including the length of a march route and whether a sound system will be allowed. Still, the city, long led and dominated by Democrats, has sought to convey an openness to the demonstrations and confidence that everything will go smoothly….
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“It has to be safe and peaceful and vibrant and energetic,” said Mayor Brandon Johnson, a former labor organizer who was elected last year on a liberal platform, and who talks frequently about his own history of demonstrating. “We’re ready for this moment.”
In interviews, protest leaders described plans for days of peaceful gatherings that would draw thousands, perhaps even tens of thousands, of demonstrators to Chicago. Many of the protests will be focused on Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and on what activists see as complicity by President Biden and Ms. Harris in the killing of civilians there. The recent elevation of Ms. Harris to the top of the Democratic ticket has done nothing to quiet that outrage, many of them said….
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The overall planning for the event falls on Secret Service and the operation to the Chicago Police…..