NEW: 'March on DNC 2024' Protest Marshals Block Protesters From Approaching DNC Venue As several thousand protesters took the streets of Chicago on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), an extended melee occurred as dozens of protest marshals physically blocked certain protesters from going off the... approved route of the protest. The confrontation lasted nearly the whole seven-block route from Union Park to Park 578 and revolved around protest marshals cordoning off protesters who wanted to get close to the fences of the security perimeter for the United Center, where the DNC is being held. “You see this? They’re blocking you from the butchers of Gaza!” There were no physical injuries seen or reported despite tussling and argumentative yelling. The ruckus was watched by Chicago Police officers (CPD) on bikes who were monitoring the protest in the hundreds. The organized protest marshals and participants called out for the CPD to intervene. See more of our coverage:show more

This march was very publicly stated to be organized to be family-friendly & low risk. The organizers embrace the St Paul Principles, they support diversity of tactics just with a separation of time or space. Do what you want, but don't disrupt someone else's action.

ACAB includes the peace police. This is why everyone really needs to google 'negotiated management'

Lmao anarchists are pathetic. Go do a direct action yourselves instead of trying to use a bunch of kids, disabled, elderly, and undocumented people as a human shield for your raging white egos. You didn't organize a single person there, you're leeches on the ass of the movement

there were people literally calling for CPD to “come get” a protestor. Singling people out and inviting the police to march is a danger. No good cops. No bad protestors.

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Bad reporting, disappointed ambulance chaser style attitude

shameful untruthful coverage of this event

I love UR’s coverage - during George floyd and daunte wright here they were a lifeline to show the world what was really happening in minneapolis and Brooklyn Center. I even got to work with Marjaan at school and he’s awesome. But this is a mischaracterization.

You know who else co-opts other people’s movements for their own? Fascists. That’s what those anarchists were acting like. They wanted to start a fight with police with children round. Very caring and mutualistic of them to put the vulnerable in danger

A G I T A T E. Organise around and beyond this trash.