{"id":2245310,"date":"2024-05-15T16:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T20:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-national-convention-planning-hampered-by-fears-brandon-johnson-will-defend-protesters\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T16:27:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T20:27:22","slug":"democratic-national-convention-planning-hampered-by-fears-brandon-johnson-will-defend-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-national-convention-planning-hampered-by-fears-brandon-johnson-will-defend-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic National Convention organizers face challenges as concerns arise over Brandon Johnson&#8217;s potential defense of protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-national-convention-planning-hampered-by-fears-brandon-johnson-will-defend-protesters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2245310&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Democratic National\u2064 Convention in August faces concerns over\u2062 potential protester disruptions due to\u200d Mayor Brandon\u2062 Johnson&#8217;s activism background. Critics fear a repeat\u2063 of the \u200b1968 riots. Johnson vows \u2063safety measures \u2063while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-guide-to-university-statements-on-anti-israel-campus-protests\/\" title=\"University Guidelines for Addressing Anti-Israel Demonstrations\">allowing peaceful protests<\/a> and handling encampments situationally. His past support for activist-friendly policies adds complexity to\u2063 the situation. The Democratic National Convention in August is under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-prohibits-release-of-undercover-pro-life-activists-recordings\/\" title=\"Judge Prohibits Release of Undercover Pro-Life Activist\u2019s Recordings\">scrutiny due<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-is-not-a-supply-shortage-homeland-security-advisor-reacts-to-concerns-of-fuel-shortages-following-pipeline-cyberattack\/\" title=\"\u2018There Is Not A Supply Shortage.\u2019 Homeland Security Advisor Reacts To Concerns Of Fuel Shortages Following Pipeline Cyberattack\">potential disruptions<\/a> by protesters linked \u2064to Mayor Brandon Johnson&#8217;s activist background. \u200dCritics are wary of a reoccurrence of the 1968 riots. Johnson assures safety \u2062precautions, supports peaceful demonstrations, \u200band will address encampments as needed. His history of backing activist causes complicates the scenario.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Democratic National Convention<\/a> will be hosted in August in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chicago<\/a>, Illinois, and given Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/brandon-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Brandon Johnson<\/a>\u2019s roots in activism, some fear that protesters could take center stage at the party\u2019s flagship event.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s critics worry that he won\u2019t rein in protesters and that the convention will be reminiscent of the riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, which was also in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said he is committed to safety and will \u201cmove with precision\u201d to keep everyone safe. He said he will allow activists to peacefully protest, and he won\u2019t commit to clearing overnight encampments, such as the ones that have sprouted up on college campuses across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just depends on the situation, quite frankly,\u201d Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-activist-roots-democratic-convention-rcna150906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. \u201cIf people are involved in an encampment that has put people in harm\u2019s way, then it is my job to create a secure environment so that people are not in harm\u2019s way. If people are protesting peacefully, their First Amendment is protected. That\u2019s a constitutional protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the past, Johnson has sided with policies friendly to activists. Keeping a campaign promise to progressives, Johnson ended a contract for an early gunshot detection system. The city\u2019s police department didn\u2019t remove protesters from an encampment at the University of Chicago, and Johnson defended a member of the City Council who attended a rally where the American flag was burned.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue is going to be: What is the mayor going to say and defend that is done outside of the permitted restrictions?\u201d Democratic Alderman Ray Lopez told NBC News. \u201cIs he going to defend people who protest and destroy property without permits? Or who are causing chaos just for the sake of chaos? Is he going to defend it, or is he going to speak out against that?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>So far, Johnson is facing criticisms from both activists and Democratic leaders worried about the security of the Democratic National Convention. Several activist groups are taking the city to court, saying their permits to march near the two main convention sites, the United Center and McCormick Place, were denied.  <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, security for the Democratic National Convention will be headed by the Secret Service, but they will only have jurisdiction within parts of the city within the security perimeter. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Secret Service is satisfied, based on our manpower briefing, that Chicago is well-prepared from a staffing perspective to handle safety and security of the event,\u201d agency spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.<\/p>\n<p>On top of that, the Chicago Police Department says it is currently down 2,000 police officers from where it needs to be. \u201cWe\u2019re just going to have to play with the cards that we have. We\u2019re a little bit short right now. So that will manifest itself in canceled days off and additional overtime during the convention and the weeks leading up to it,\u201d Democratic Alderman Brian Hopkins said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In August, Chicago, Illinois, will host the Democratic National Convention. Mayor Brandon Johnson&#8217;s activist background sparks concerns that protesters may dominate the event. Critics fear his leniency towards protesters, raising memories of the 1968 riots<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2245311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24115721471517-1024x682.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2245310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24115721471517-1024x682.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2245310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2245311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2245310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2245310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2245310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}