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(NewsNation) — Protesters gathered Wednesday extracurricular of a Chicago Hilton edifice wherever Republican nominee for president Donald Trump was expected to talk astatine the National Association of Black Journalists Convention.
There was besides dense instrumentality enforcement successful the area, including Secret Service agents and Chicago constabulary officers.
"The Coalition to March connected the DNC," which is made up of 150+ organizations with assorted causes and concerns, planned the protests. Before the NABJ's noon lawsuit was slated to begin, activists chanted, "Racist, sexist, anti-gay — Donald Trump, spell away."
During his 2016 campaign, Trump canceled a rally successful Chicago implicit information concerns aft protesters packed the arena wherever helium was scheduled to speak.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
