Legal advocates say Chicago cops have long targeted protesters as they prepare for a crackdown ahead of the convention.\n
Chicago police officers work with an ambulance as the Chicago Police Department trains at McCormick Place, June 6, 2024, in preparation for the Democratic National Convention.Chicago police officers work with an ambulance as the Chicago Police Department trains at McCormick Place, June 6, 2024, in preparation for the Democratic National Convention.The upcoming Democratic National Convention in Chicago has been drawing parallels to its 1968 predecessor for months now.
From the unlawful mass arrest of veterans and other demonstrators protesting the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, to the police officersto the uprisings for racial justice in 2020, Chicago police are notorious for brutal crackdowns on activists. Their hostility has kept the department embroiled in controversy and expensive lawsuits for years after the crowds disperse.
“That includes in 2003 with the anti-Iraq war protests, the demonstrations in response to the NATO summit in 2012, the egregious violence andthat we saw at some of the protests in support of Black lives in the summer of 2020,” Mogul said. “And most recently, we are seeing violence at protests gathering in response to the war on Gaza or the demands for a ceasefire, and in response to outrage over the police killing of Dexter Reed.
On May 30, 2020, groups of Black and Brown youth who showed up to protest were trapped in downtown Chicago after former Mayor Lori Lightfoot ordered bridges to be lifted and public transportation shut down. The Chicago Freedom School, which teaches community organizing primarily to Black and Brown youth, opened its doors so the protesters could gather in safety and coordinate rides home as a 9 p.m. emergency curfew approached.
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