Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 May 2024 00:26:15 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Inconvenient lefties References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=fixed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Usenapp/0.92.2/l for MacOS Message-ID: Date: Fri, 03 May 2024 00:26:15 +0000 Lines: 44 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-uRP9Wqr4hZttWcHviZlozbvWtkHo8jkPD+m096g+c9+vHM6ub0Cxy4l+l3BjAGPHnDt/eaoYz7f5DEf!3jHdnrENWcGBw3vKzf9u16tbFzkkw9T/659kBGV2TgFtKJHl78Z6htDEfrsatImnIRosFCgsyIn9 X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3037 X-Original-Lines: 42 On May 2, 2024 at 5:14:49 PM PDT, ""Adam H. Kerman"" wrote: > Adam H. Kerman wrote: > >> As you may recall, Gov Pritzker had kindly offered to run for president >> in 2024 if Biden weren't running and if anybody in the party wanted him >> to. The party very much DID NOT want Pritzker to run for president in >> 2024 under any circumstances. > >> So Chicago got the Democratic convention instead. > >> For those who don't know, the United Center (1994), home of the Bulls >> and Blackhawks, was built to house the 1996 Democratic convention. > >> We have the usual ritual. Protestors seek a permit to protest. Cops >> claim there aren't enough cops to police both the convention and the >> protestors. > >> Will the protestors kindly relocate into the middle of Lake Michigan? >> Well, they were offered Columbus Drive in Grant Park. Now, protestors at >> the 1968 convention did not care about the International Ampitheater, on >> the near south side. They did march in Grant Park, because it was across >> the street from the convention hotel the Stevens Hotel (ok ok, it's been >> the Hilton since 1951) and downtown tv stations could film them. > >> The protestors are suing to march near the convention. > > ACLU of Illinois has filed suit. > > Nearly every parade permit application filed for marching during the > convention has been denied. This group of protestors wanted to march on > Michigan Avenue which passes by numerous hotels but were denied. They > said they'll march without a permit. > > Chicago has yet to say what security perimeter it will establish. It > will likely include my office building and home in the suburbs, and > reach as far west as San Diego. > > > https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024-democratic-national-convention/2024/05/02/aclu-democratic-national-convention-protest-united-center Chicago won't be in charge of the depth and breadth of the security perimeter.