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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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.
Hopefully, it will be a Fatal Disaster.
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.
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.
Remember when America valued free speech? Not really!
Chicago Riots in 1968
Don’t worry. Things will be much worse than 1968.
They will bring out the fences and cages. Summer of DNC Love.
antifa and muslime terrorists with cellphones will be an upgrade...
This time the cops won't do shit.
“This will not be 1968”
Wanta bet
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.
I’m concerned about the Republican convention in Milwaukee, too.
This time chaos will win.
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.
“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.
Another upgrade: pallets of bricks.
Bkmk
Wisconsin's electoral votes are important for Trump. I'm guessing someone thought holding the GOP convention there will help Trump win Wisconsin.
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