Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling said the ministry was dedicated to ‘ democratic’ surveillance, but ‘ crime and theft will not be tolerated.’
Representatives to the Democratic National Convention are being given a notice by a coalition of Marxist and another left-wing businesses about what they can anticipate when they arrive in Chicago in August.
A self- avowed “anti- imperialist” group calling itself” Behind Enemy Lines” ( BEL ) has issued an online call for volunteers to converge on downtown Chicago from August 9th to August 28th.
One article incites individuals and youths to board city rapid travel cars talking to riders and “agitating” against British imperialism, the Democratic National Committee, and Israel’s remedy of Palestinians.
BEL is also organizing what it calls a “mass outreach” . , It includes a campaign to plaster the downtown area with posters proclaiming,” Genocide Joe ( Biden ) Is Not Welcome in Chicago”.
As part of a designed doorway- to- door visitation program, activists are directed to” battle with people” to mark a pledge promising never to voting for Mr. Biden.
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One article describes the ballot vow as a” devotion” not to vote for Mr. Biden or anyone who voices aid for Israel’s “genocidal battle on Gaza or its continuous occupation of Palestine”, or who supports U. S. military aid and funding for Israel.
Additionally, volunteers are instructed to invite people to “neighborhood speak-outs” where speakers will” link U.S. colonial crimes overseas to the gradual genocide of Black and subjugated people taking place in Chicago.”
The Democratic National Committee’s and the convention’s scheduled United Center pre-congress meetings are also instructed to invite listeners to join protests.
According to one online posting, the avowed purpose of the demonstrations is to” Disrupt and harass pro- genocide politicians…and complicit institutions. While a genocidal war is being waged, there is no business as usual.
” We’re calling on students and youth to be bold and audacious, take to the frontlines”, to provoke “police beatings and arrests to oppose Genocide Joe”, the post said.
” Join existing protests or organize new protests. Push them in the most militant direction possible”, said a similar post.
Another posting reads,” The empire is the enemy. From the belly of the beast, we choose to resist it.’
BEL’s mission statement promises to” promote a culture of resistance.
” People who live in the United States must betray the imperial consensus and refuse to accept the legitimacy, normalcy, and permanence of the empire”.
Preparations and recruitment are already underway for mass organizational meetings and literature drops in Chicago neighborhoods, shopping centers, transit hubs, churches, and around high schools, to build support in advance of the convention.
Getting ready for a” Powder Keg”
The Chicago Police Department has been busy preparing for the event, supported by a$ 50 million grant from the U.S. Justice Department, which is already burdened by staffing issues and stretched thin by the arrival of thousands of illegal aliens into the city.
At a recent press conference, Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling stated that, although the department was dedicated to” constitutional” policing, “violence and vandalism will not be tolerated”.
” We will enforce the law and keep the city safe”, he said.
The Democratic National Convention in Chicago was heavily armed with demonstrators during violent clashes in 1968.
The U. S. Dept. of Homeland Security issued a warning in February about the potential for civil unrest caused by domestic and international actors.
Terry Newsome, a conservative activist for the Chicago-area education system, stated to The Epoch Times that he fears that downtown Chicago will become a “powder keg this summer” due to the combination of Democrat officials and delegates, the international media, pro-Israel protesters, thousands of illegal aliens, and angry black city residents who protest perceived misdeeds by their own government.
Due to logistical and safety concerns arising from the Democratic National Convention, the Chicago Public Schools system is considering extending the start of school by a week.
