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'This Will Not Be 1968,' Says Chicago PD. It May Be Worse
PJ Media ^ | 06/09/2024 | Rick Moran

Posted on 06/09/2024 6:16:40 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Chicago police and other city officials have been saying for months that the Democratic National Convention in August will not be anything like the riots of 1968.

“This will not be 1968,” said Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling. “Our response as a Chicago Police Department will be a lot more deliberate … a lot more controlled because our officers are being trained in the best way possible to respond to any level of civil unrest.”

Snelling is not wrong. Chicago in 1968 was a seething mass of anger, rage, and unrest. Riots in April following the death of Martin Luther King had torched several city blocks. Often a forgotten footnote to the convention riots of that year, the unrest in April set the stage for what happened during the Democratic National Convention.

Mayor Daley promised that there would be law and order during the event. Unlike today when demonstrators are assisted by the city to find the best location from which to disrupt the proceedings, the 10,000 yippies, hippies, Communists, and other anti-war protesters who traveled to Chicago were on their own.

It could have been a lot worse. Several civil rights groups decided not to come to the convention fearing violence. What the Walker Report on the convention riots called a "police riot" was an overreaction to the blood-curdling threats and rhetoric coming from some fringe elements of the anti-war movement.

The threats to the City were varied. Provocative and inflammatory statements, made in connection with activities planned for convention week, were published and widely disseminated. There were also intelligence reports from informants.

Some of this information was absurd, like the reported plan to contaminate the city's water supply with LSD. But some were serious:


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 1969; antifa; blm; chicago; convention; demonicrats; dnc; riots
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To: SeekAndFind

Nope—it will be a Love fest in Chicago. The Deep State/Democratic power brokers will not permit this to turn into a riot. It will be pro-Biden all the way.


3 posted on 06/09/2024 6:20:38 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (. War is Hell)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hopefully, it will be a Fatal Disaster.


4 posted on 06/09/2024 6:23:34 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: SeekAndFind

May be worse? If the Internet existed in ‘68, would there sites on it like HeyJackass and SecondCityCop? It’s 21st century Chicago, this convention will be like pouring gasoline on a fire.


5 posted on 06/09/2024 6:27:57 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: SeekAndFind

Add in the untold thousands of illegals, the countless drug gangs that roam the streets murdering every week of the year. Then you have just plain corruption from the City of Chicago mixed with countless dems there for the convention, protesters of every stripe, BLM making an appearance and on and on.

And oh, throwing Xiden off the ticket won’t help either.


6 posted on 06/09/2024 6:30:17 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Remember when America valued free speech? Not really!

Chicago Riots in 1968

https://www.google.com/search?q=photos+of+1968+chicago+riots&rlz=1CAMWDF_enUS930&sxsrf=ALeKk02N72yIlKN9Wc_SPoGvvWX_U6U_tw:1625694319679&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=9Go520S1OxSzEM%252Ch_Bm0xTOLKrYRM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kS2Cj0hfeniVryBnSuwEnmnDnURJA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwij8b-j99HxAhVCs54KHYveAUAQ9QF6BAgPEAE#imgrc=9Go520S1OxSzEM


7 posted on 06/09/2024 6:32:55 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (If voting made any difference, they wouldn't allow us to vote! Our 6th Jan PROTESTERS stood up! )
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To: Navy Patriot

Don’t worry. Things will be much worse than 1968.


8 posted on 06/09/2024 6:34:12 PM PDT by Eli Kopter
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To: Eli Kopter

They will bring out the fences and cages. Summer of DNC Love.


9 posted on 06/09/2024 6:50:00 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

antifa and muslime terrorists with cellphones will be an upgrade...


10 posted on 06/09/2024 6:58:26 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
It will not be like 1968.

This time the cops won't do shit.

11 posted on 06/09/2024 7:00:04 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Salman

“This will not be 1968”

Wanta bet


12 posted on 06/09/2024 7:04:14 PM PDT by nomifyle
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

I’m more concerned about the GOP convention. What moron chose the cesspool of Milwaukee? There’s a whole nother level of crazy leftists in Wisconsin.


13 posted on 06/09/2024 7:12:05 PM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

I’m concerned about the Republican convention in Milwaukee, too.


14 posted on 06/09/2024 7:12:17 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: nomifyle
In 1968, the cops won.

This time chaos will win.

15 posted on 06/09/2024 7:18:44 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

In 1968 they also had protest inside on the floor of the convention. This time all the protest will be outside. The protest outside might be bad, but all mainstream media cameras will be inside.


16 posted on 06/09/2024 7:37:05 PM PDT by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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“Don’t worry. Things will be much worse than 1968.”

You got that right. We won’t be able to tell who is crazier, those inside the convention, or those outside. At least, we could see the difference in ‘68.


17 posted on 06/09/2024 8:05:10 PM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: Chode

Another upgrade: pallets of bricks.


18 posted on 06/09/2024 8:07:11 PM PDT by Mogger (AreIn bookstores is a very expensive, beautifully bound in green leather Holy Koran. If one was goin)
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To: Chode

Bkmk


19 posted on 06/09/2024 8:10:30 PM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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To: gloryblaze
I’m more concerned about the GOP convention. What moron chose the cesspool of Milwaukee?

Wisconsin's electoral votes are important for Trump. I'm guessing someone thought holding the GOP convention there will help Trump win Wisconsin.

20 posted on 06/09/2024 8:15:47 PM PDT by Angelino97
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