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To: dynoman

FWIW:

9:25 p.m.

A spokesman for the Chicago Police Department says the agency never recommended that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump cancel his campaign rally in the city.

CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tells The Associated Press that the department never told the Trump campaign there was a security threat at the University of Illinois at Chicago venue. He said the department had sufficient manpower on the scene to handle any situation.

Guglielmi says the university’s police department also did not recommend that Trump call off the event. He says the decision was made “independently” by the campaign.

Trump cancelled the rally in Chicago due to what organizers said were safety concerns after protesters packed into the arena where it was to take place.

Trump afterward told MSNBC in a telephone interview that he canceled the event because he didn’t “want to see people hurt or worse.” He said he thinks he “did the right thing.”

Guglielmi says Trump never arrived at the Chicago venue.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/3cdda4be66f74874adaaa31ba49488e1/latest-trump-says-generals-will-play-their-own-game


559 posted on 03/11/2016 7:07:40 PM PST by mlizzy (America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe/Wade has deformed a great nation. -MT)
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To: mlizzy

Yeah, well, Chicago saying they had the manpower is REALLY re-assuring.

Of course they will deny any weakness.


597 posted on 03/11/2016 7:18:04 PM PST by SoFloFreeper (I am undecided between Cruz, Rubio & Trump...)
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To: mlizzy

Trump doesn’t need the Chicago police to tell him if he is danger, he has secret service in the area to advise him before he arrives.


612 posted on 03/11/2016 7:23:57 PM PST by kcvl
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To: mlizzy; All
Multiple law enforcement sources told DailyMail.com that there was a credible threat against Trump from groups of protesters who planned to storm the stage at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion.

Daily Mail confirms that LAW ENFORCEMENT perceived a credible threat to Donald Trump

634 posted on 03/11/2016 7:37:44 PM PST by SoFloFreeper (I am undecided between Cruz, Rubio & Trump...)
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