{"id":2329567,"date":"2024-08-22T21:11:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T01:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-deployed-to-dnc-ceasefire-protests-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-22T21:15:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T01:15:08","slug":"doj-deployed-to-dnc-ceasefire-protests-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-deployed-to-dnc-ceasefire-protests-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ deployed to DNC ceasefire protests &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdoj-deployed-to-dnc-ceasefire-protests-washington-examiner%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=2329567&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\u200b Justice Department deployed officers\u200c to monitor \u2064a pro-Gaza protest taking place near the Democratic National Convention \u200b(DNC)\u2063 in Chicago. The protest, which took place on\u2063 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-says-russia-has-violated-ceasefire-agreement-in-two-cities\/\" title=\"Ukraine Says Russia Has Violated Ceasefire Agreement in Two Cities\">designated route<\/a>, followed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-ceos-warning-about-retail-theft-epidemic-in-u-s\/\" title=\"More CEOs Warning About Retail Theft Epidemic in U.S.\">earlier incidents<\/a>\u200c where\u200d demonstrators attempted to \u2062breach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-cuccinelli-fence-being-built-around-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"Ken Cuccinelli: Fence being built around U.S. Capitol\">security fencing<\/a> near the event, particularly close to where\u200b President Joe Biden was set to \u2062speak. Unlike earlier protests that faced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">police<\/a> pushback, this time, officers from the DOJ&#8217;s\u2062 Community Resource Services division accompanied\u200b the protesters, highlighting a shift in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-house-committee-chairman-blasts-biden-for-dragging-feet-on-defense-budget\/\" title=\"Dem House Committee Chairman Blasts Biden For \u2018Dragging Feet\u2019 on Defense Budget\">law enforcement&#8217;<\/a>s\u2062 approach. The situation escalated when protesters were previously rebuffed from\u2063 entering a restricted area, but\u200c this time they were\u2062 allowed to proceed \u200calong their\u2064 permitted \u200dpath.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Justice Department deployed to police DNC ceasefire protests<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1735615\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>CHICAGO &mdash; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/\" title=\"Justice Department\">Justice Department<\/a> officers met and accompanied a pro-Gaza protest along its permitted route north of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democratic National Convention\">Democratic National Convention<\/a> Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, some participants in the March on the DNC coalition broke from the permitted parade route approved by the city and broke through the first layer of security fencing just north of the United Center, roughly 800 feet from where President Joe Biden was slated to deliver the keynote address on the opening night of the convention.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NOW: DOJ (CRS) resources on the scene of ceasefire protest north of DNC, per my colleague <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TianaTheFirst?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TianaTheFirst<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement is telling press to clear the street for the protest, threatening to pull credentials if they don&rsquo;t comply <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Mld5dqkOP0\">pic.twitter.com\/Mld5dqkOP0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TocRadio\/status\/1826772712150520266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Protesters also attempted to march to the same location on Wednesday but were rebuffed by police from entering Park 578, the site of the security breach Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike previous protests this week, participants were met by green vest officers from DOJ&rsquo;s Community Resource Services division, who accompanied the protest along its designated route.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More video <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pFARFDMdn9\">pic.twitter.com\/pFARFDMdn9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TocRadio\/status\/1826775109560062200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Law enforcement closely shadowing the protest <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OtwfVz7GBd\">pic.twitter.com\/OtwfVz7GBd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TocRadio\/status\/1826778871519477870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TianaTheFirst?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TianaTheFirst<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nTT0BbYt5y\">pic.twitter.com\/nTT0BbYt5y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TocRadio\/status\/1826778281485402187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Both CRS and local law enforcement began corralling the press away from the street, threatening to revoke credentials from journalists who ventured off the sidewalk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both DOJ&rsquo;s main off and CRS did not respond to comment on why these resources were deployed Thursday night, unlike past protests.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1735615\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1735615\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Justice Department Officers Monitor DNC Ceasefire Protests<\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO \u2014 Officers from the Justice Department were present to oversee a pro-Gaza protest that followed its authorized path north of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night. Earlier in the week, some members of the March on the DNC coalition deviated from the approved parade route and breached an initial layer of security fencing near the United Center, approximately 800 feet from where President Joe Biden was scheduled to give his keynote address on opening night. <\/p>\n<p>NOW: DOJ (CRS) personnel are at the ceasefire protest site north of DNC, as reported by my colleague @TianaTheFirst. Law enforcement is instructing reporters to vacate the street for safety reasons and has warned that credentials may be revoked for noncompliance. pic.twitter.com\/Mld5dqkOP0 \u2014 Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) August 23, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Protesters had also attempted to march to this location on Wednesday but were stopped by police from entering Park 578, where Monday night&#8217;s security breach occurred. Unlike earlier protests this week, participants were accompanied by officers in green vests from DOJ\u2019s Community Resource Services division along their designated route.<\/p>\n<p>More video pic.twitter.com\/pFARFDMdn9 \u2014 Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) August 23, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement closely monitored the protest pic.twitter.com\/OtwfVz7GBd \u2014 Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) August 23, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Further updates from @TianaTheFirst pic.twitter.com\/nTT0BbYt5y \u2014 Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) August 23, 2024 <\/p>\n<p>Both CRS and local law enforcement began directing journalists away from the street and threatened to revoke press credentials for those who stepped off sidewalks. Neither DOJ&#8217;s main office nor CRS provided comments regarding their presence at Thursday night&#8217;s event compared to previous protests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3380,"featured_media":2329568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/chicago-protest-thursday.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[13427,7705,7076],"class_list":["post-2329567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-ceasefire","tag-dnc","tag-doj"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/chicago-protest-thursday.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329567","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\/3380"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2329567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2329567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2329568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2329567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2329567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2329567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}