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(NewsNation) — Organizers expect up to 20,000 radical to stitchery successful downtown Chicago Monday day to show their feelings connected issues similar the Israel-Hamas war, abortion, LGBTQ+ rights and galore different causes arsenic the Democratic National Convention begins.
“Almost 270 enactment from crossed the U.S. person joined the conjugation to March connected the DNC,” said Hatem Abudayyeh, seat of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network and spokesperson for the Coalition to March connected the DNC, according to Nexstar's WGN.
“Tens of thousands [of people] volition beryllium retired connected the streets starting tomorrow, August 19 astatine noon, close present astatine Union Park to say, 'Stop the genocide now, extremity U.S. assistance to Israel and escaped Palestine,'” helium added.
“The radical with powerfulness are going to beryllium there,” said Liz Rathburn, a University of Illinois Chicago pupil organizer. “People wrong the United Center are the radical who are going to beryllium deciding our overseas argumentation successful 1 mode oregon another."
The week of protests linked to the Democratic National Convention began Sunday evening, arsenic astir 1,000 radical marched on South Michigan Avenue adjacent Grant Park. Police lined the march way and determination were nary signs of large conflict.
NewsNation’s Nancy Loo said she saw nary problems, and heard some protestors and constabulary officers say, “See you tomorrow.”
Protesters march passed a constabulary enactment anterior to the commencement of the Democratic National Convention Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, successful Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Protesters march passed a constabulary enactment anterior to the commencement of the Democratic National Convention Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, successful Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
A constabulary enactment goes astir a monument to John Alexander Morgan successful Grant Park anterior to the commencement of the Democratic National Convention Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, successful Chicago. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
A constabulary enactment goes astir a monument to John Alexander Morgan successful Grant Park anterior to the commencement of the Democratic National Convention Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, successful Chicago. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Protesters march passed a constabulary enactment anterior to the commencement of the Democratic National Convention Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, successful Chicago. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said successful a caller interrogation with The Associated Press that authorities volition marque definite that radical who vandalize the metropolis oregon who prosecute successful unit volition beryllium arrested.
Police person undergone grooming connected law policing, region courts accidental they are opening much abstraction successful anticipation of wide arrests and hospitals adjacent the information portion are beefing up exigency preparedness.
But immoderate person lingering information concerns, disquieted that protests could go unpredictable oregon devolve into chaos.
Activist Hy Thurman protested and was arrested astatine the infamous 1968 convention. The 74-year-old present lives successful Alabama but plans to travel to Chicago to protestation the warfare successful Gaza.
“It’s highly idiosyncratic for me," helium said. “I spot parallels.”
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has said that helium expects peaceful protests.
“We mean to support the protesters' First Amendment rights, and besides the residents of the metropolis of Chicago and the visitors to Chicago astatine the aforesaid time,” Pritzker told the AP successful a caller interview.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
