Posted on 08/19/2024 1:40:06 PM PDT by Signalman
The Democratic National Convention kicks off in Chicago on Monday, and the city has been bracing for violence and riots. Businesses started boarding up their windows and doors last week due to the many thousands of antisemitic, pro-Palestinian protesters expected to descend on the area organized by more than 200 different groups. Some are saying it could be reminiscent of the violence that plagued the 1968 DNC, which was also in Chicago.
Chicago law enforcement dismisses that idea.
"Chicago 2024 won’t be like Chicago 1968. That is the promise of law-enforcement officials and protest organizers alike as the curtain prepares to lift on this year’s Democratic National Convention," the Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend. "Each side says it aims to maintain the peace even as thousands are expected to demonstrate against the war in Gaza, abortion restrictions and on other hotly contested issues."
That may just be wishful thinking. According to some reports on social media, more than 1,000 officers are calling in sick.
Over 1,000 Chicago Police officers have reportedly gone to medical over the weekend, including Commander Yakimba Phillips (claiming PTSD), who is the boss of Chicago Police’s 2nd District. 2:54 AM · Aug 18, 2024
While we cannot independently verify this, it makes perfect sense. In light of recent history, who in the police department wants to put their lives on the line for these people?
Meanwhile, Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-Ill.) says that 150 members of the Illinois National Guard are "on standby" for the DNC.
“They are really on standby,” Pritzker said. “They are at the perimeter. Nobody expects that we’ll have to use them for anything very serious. We also want to make sure we have additional law enforcement type folks who are in uniform, and who are trained to be police available.”
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Well... Since the Democrats are the ones who are calling for defunding police, they should all call in sick. The Democrats are no friends of law enforcement.
I don't know. Today's Dems are highly sensitive to the optics of a bad convention picture in the face of running against Trump. I think they're deploy the Hillary squad against anyone who doesn't stay in line.
Go full BLM-Antifa on them, liberals!
They’d better if they’re smart.
If this were a group of Trump supporters, the cops could get away with cracking skulls (even though they wouldn’t need to).
However, if you so much look funny at a leftist “mostly-peaceful-protestor”, you’ll be in jail for life or bankrupt.
If you don't Back The Blue
We'll call in with the flu.
Don’t ask me what to do
When rioters come for you.
The Mayor is the one who
Doesn't even have a clue.
So I'll be sitting home with my Boo
While enjoying a cold beer too.
Me neither. The cops should be backed up by Army Rangers, SEALs and any other US covert special forces. Looters are arsonists need to end up horizontal and bleeding. The national guard never gets anything done except parade around carrying unload ARs.
Democrat Mayor.
Democrat Governor.
What could possibly go wrong?
Lol.
I'm hoping for Minneapolis 2.0
There's a term for that. It's called "two-tier policing".
Since it’s been established that the majority of these rent-a-mobs are controlled by the Left, I expect few disruptions...
... unless they feel the need to remind the nominees to toe the (Communist) Party line.
There only use for the police is to be available for indictment to appease the peaceful protesters.
You call-in sick, you leave your fellows to try and duck the frozen water bottles, the balloons filled with urine and the blinding lasers. They should all call-in sick or nobody should!
Seems their anti police shenanigans is back firing
Amen to that!
“Chief, I am calling in sick with an eye problem. I can’t see coming in to work this week.”
Whoa, FRiend. Let’s not deploy our active military on domestic soil quite yet.
They should ALL call in sick and let the Democrats reap the “defund the police” seeds they have sown.
“..The Democrats are no friends of law enforcement....”
Exactly. The RATs should NOT be afforded any type of fencing or any type of firearms in a defensive nature. They’re anti-gun, anti-fence, anti-police...basically anti-American. Let em stew in their brew.... They’re insane and should be treated as such.
Man! I really do like your “about” page!
National Guard? Those poor bastards! There is nothing they can do. They can’t shoot anyone, they can’t arrest anyone, they can’t detain anyone. All they can do is let themselves get beaten by the mob to slow them down a bit. They can stand behind the barricades and try to keep them from being breached. They might be allowed to toss some tear gas but that’s about it.
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