Posted on 03/11/2016 7:39:01 PM PST by Quicksilver
Violence erupts in Chicago after Trump rally is called off over a protesters threat to storm the stage during The Donald's speech - just hours after black man was beaten bloody at St Louis rally
More than an hour before Trump's appointed 6:00 p.m. starting time, scuffles broke out inside the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion 'It's like 10 per cent of them are here to shut it down,' a Chicago police officer told DailyMail.com News of the shut down came hours after black activist Anthony Cage, was bloodied after clashing with Trump supporters in St. Louis Chicago police confirmed at least eight arrests, including one journalist
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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.
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Indeed. Good to know where I need never visit, never start a business, never retire to, never spend a single dollar.
Prudent move to cancel the speech.
Absolutely; these incidents (particularly Ferguson & Baltimore) exposed the lie that anything had improved in Black America (in fact they had deteriorated much further) and that their neighborhoods were still extremely dangerous.
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