...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
, at least four hotels in the city's Near West Side, where the convention is taking place, were reportedly hit with bomb threats that included anti-semitic statements. This comes as pro-Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
agitators have been protesting the proceedings inside the convention.
According to Fox 32, officers and police K9s began searching the Nobu Hotel just before noon. The threat, emailed to the outlet, stated that pipe bombs had been placed in multiple hotels, including the Hyatt House Chicago, Hotel Chicago, and Nobu Hotel.
The threat noted that the DNC (
If you're white you ain't right!)
...Democrat National Committee, where all those off-the-wall talking points originate...is taking place this week in the area, and also included anti-semitic statements.
The Chicago Police Department told the New York Post, "The US Secret Service is aware of threats made to various locations in the Downtown area. Law enforcement personnel are screening the affected areas and examining the credibility of the threat."
On Monday evening, agitators outside the United Center, where the DNC is taking place, breached security barricades put in place for the event. They were seen removing sections of fencing and attempting to breach the second barricade.
According to the Chicago Tribune, 13 people were arrested during Monday's protest. Sources told the outlet that police found nothing after the bomb threats and "the threat was declared not bona fide."
4 detained after protesters charge line of cops outside Israeli consulate in Chicago Tuesday evening
[IsraelTimes] Police handcuff at least four people and lead them away from a pro-Palestinian demonstration after protesters charge a line of officers on the second night of the Democratic National Convention.
A small crowd of a few dozen protesters chanted “Let them go!” outside a Chicago skyscraper that houses the Israeli consulate while police penned demonstrators in on the street, preventing them from marching. Officers with wood clubs pushed protesters back, shouting “move.”
Some demonstrators set an American flag on fire in the street as the celebratory roll call for Vice President Kamala Harris took place 2 miles away. Others carried Palestinian flags, while many others wore black and covered their faces.
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A man in Chicago Bulls hat, his face covered by a balaclava, called on protesters to “shut down the DNC.” The group, which is not the same coalition of over 200 groups that organized Monday’s protests, advertised the demonstration Tuesday under the slogan of “Make it great like ’68,” invoking the anti-Vietnam War protests that seized the city during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Dozens of Chicago police officers are posted outside the building, where law enforcement had closed down most of the entrances, allowing commuters to come in only one entrance where armed officers were also posted. Many of the building’s shops were closed. Martha Hill, a spokeswoman for the Metra commuter rail service, says train service is running as normal.
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The intense confrontations with officers began minutes into the demonstration, after some protesters – many dressed in black, their faces covered – charged at a line of police that had blocked the group from marching. They eventually moved past the officers, but were penned in several times throughout the night by police in riot gear who did not allow protesters to disperse. Officers called the demonstrations “an unlawful assembly.”
As protesters regrouped and approached a line of police in riot gear in front of a Chicago skyscraper that houses the Israeli consulate, an officer said into a megaphone, “You are ordered to immediately disburse.” A woman in the front of the march shouted back with her own megaphone: “We’re not scared of you.”
Police arrested 13 people and added additional security fences at a reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown park where pro-Paleostinian, anti-Israel protesters clashed with officers near the site of the Democratic National Convention ahead of a second day of planned protests Tuesday, including one outside the Israeli consulate.
The park, located a block from the convention arena, served as a destination point for a march of thousands calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...war. Several dozen activists broke off from the main group, breached the fencing, and were pushed back by police.
The 13 people arrested during Monday’s protest were detained on charges, ranging from criminal trespass and resisting and obstructing an arrest to aggravated battery of coppers, Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said at a news conference Tuesday.
At least 10 of them were arrested in connection with the fence, he said.
Snelling said he did not connect the "brief breach" of security fencing "within sight and sound of the United Center" with the entirety of the march. He said the vast majority of participants were peaceful, and he praised his officers’ conduct in the moment.
"Our officers showed great restraint," he said. "We’re not going to tolerate vandalism and violence in our city. ... We’re going to continue to protect the city."
Snelling said some protesters used pepper spray against officers at the site where they broke through the fence. He said officers did not use any chemical sprays.
The Chicago chapter of the National Lawyers Guild said two of the people arrested were hospitalized. Snelling said they were taken to the hospital to ensure they would receive the medication they were taking.
Two people were also arrested on misdemeanor property damage and resisting arrest charges during a protest march Sunday night.
Authorities said the inner security perimeter surrounding United Center was not breached and there was no threat to those attending the convention.
On Tuesday morning, an extra line of fencing was installed at the park, and the tall metal barriers were reinforced to prevent protesters from lifting and removing the panels in the future. No coppers or protesters were present at the park early Tuesday.
Organizers had hoped at least 20,000 people would take part in Monday’s rally and march, but Snelling said about 3,500 people participated.
Snelling said more protests are expected as the week goes on, and his department is prepared to de-escalate situations whenever possible.
"Again, we’re up to the challenge," he said. "The city is up to the challenge."
Closer to downtown Chicago, security was tighter than usual — including law enforcement officers with weapons slung across their bodies — outside the office building that houses the Israeli Consulate and a major city transportation hub. Metal barricades were set up, and an officer said they were preparing for a 7 p.m. demonstration.
The consulate, located about two miles from United Center, has been the site of numerous demonstrations since the war in Gazoo began in October. It is in a building connected to the Ogilvie Transportation Center, a major commuter rail station.
Most of the largest demonstrations have been organized by the Coalition to March on the DNC (
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