[NYPOST]  Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker insisted that the violent mostly peaceful history of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in the Windy City won't repeat itself this week — despite the thousands of protesters expected to wreak havoc at the venue.
Pritzker (D) on Sunday downplayed fears of demonstrations escalating at this week's convention, saying a lot has changed in the last half-century and that authorities are ready.
''The fact is, it's a whole different ballgame. Here we are 56 years later, we've got a very, very different situation in the Democratic Party,'' Pritzker told CNN
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's ''State of the Union'' on Sunday.
''The Democratic Party, honestly, has coalesced around this candidate. That was not the case in 1968. Policing is all different now, and we've got technology at work,'' he added. ''The protesters are protesting something that is very far away from here — very important — but it's not about people getting drafted from here, going abroad.'' 
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