Midwest
Chicago anti-Israel DNC protest groups handed loss by federal judge just days before start
A federal judge in Chicago handed anti-Israel protest groups a loss this week, rejecting their request for more space to protest the Gaza counteroffensive outside the Democratic National Convention next week.
Four groups seeking to organize protests – the Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, the Anti-War Committee, Students for a Democratic Society at UIC, and the U.S. Palestinian Community Network – asked for parade permits giving them authorization to march over an expanded area.
The judge shut them down this week, rejecting their claim that the city’s preferred protest route violates their First Amendment rights.
CHICAGO GETTING ‘WINDOW DRESSING’ TREATMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION: FORMER CHIEF
Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks during a Secret Service Democratic National Convention security briefing on July 25, 2024, in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Getty Images)
They want to take their protest nearer to the United Center, one of two locations for the DNC next week, and through a street that the Secret Service and local law enforcement planners have chosen to block off during the convention as part of the secured perimeter.
The judge denied all four permits and told the groups to use a different route, proposed by the city of Chicago, according to court filings.
The United Center in Chicago on Aug. 1, 2024. The city will host the Democratic National Convention at the United Center and at the McCormick Place Convention Center from Aug. 19 to 22. (Tannen Maury/AFP via Getty Images)
The groups sued the city and its transportation commissioner, alleging First Amendment violations, and asked for a preliminary injunction and for permission to march closer to the United Center.
Pro-Palestinian protesters have already held demonstrations outside the United Center. This group is pictured during a media walk-through of the facility in Chicago, May 22, 2024. (Reuters/Jim Vondruska)
The judge ruled against them Monday.
Chicago lawyers told the judge that the city had already granted concessions to the organizers, including allowing them to get closer to the United Center, one of two places where the convention will be held, FOX 32 Chicago reported.
Signage is displayed during a walk-through of the Democratic National Convention on May 22, 2024, at the United Center. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Law enforcement sources previously told Fox News Digital that the original plan would have kept protesters out of sight and sound.
“We are going to basically never see a protester or rioters, period,” one source said before the court fight. “The convention sites are completely cordoned off. There will be nobody that is not authorized.”
Protest organizers reportedly expect tens of thousands of people to show up.
Signs to help prepare residents for the Democratic National Convention are posted near the United Center on Aug. 12, 2024 in Chicago. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Separately, pro-Israel organizers are looking to conduct counter demonstrations.
ANTI-ISRAEL AGITATORS PLAN DEMONSTRATIONS FOR DNC: ‘EQUIVALENT’ TO 1968
Chicago has hosted more major party political conventions than any other city – 14 Republican conventions and 11 Democratic ones between 1860 and 1996, according to the Chicago History Museum.
Police officers run in formation as the Chicago Police Department conducts officer training at McCormick Place on June 6, 2024, in preparation for the Democratic National Convention. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Nominees coming out of Chicago conventions have included Abraham Lincoln, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Bill Clinton.
The infamous 1968 Democratic Convention nominated Hubert Humphrey, who went on to lose to Richard Nixon – who was himself nominated in Chicago in 1960.
The city has also hosted third-party conventions, including Libertarian and Green Party events.
A police officer escorts a protester to a squad car surrounded by dozens of anti-Vietnam War demonstrators outside the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, August 1968. (Hulton Archive/Getty)
But the specter of violent 1968 clashes between anti-Vietnam War protesters and police is haunting this year’s event as the anti-Israel groups hope to push the Democratic Party to drop its support for Israel’s ongoing operation in Gaza, which came in response to a deadly terror attack that killed 1,200 on Oct. 7, 2023.
The DNC runs from Aug. 19 to 22.
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Detroit Tigers (57-63) vs. Seattle Mariners (63-57)
Time/Place: 6:40 p.m., Comerica Park
SB Nation Site: Lookout Landing
Media: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network
Pitching Matchup: RHP Beau Brieske (1-2, 4.57 ERA) vs. RHP Bryan Woo (5-1, 2.27 ERA)
Game 121 Lineups
| MARINERS | TIGERS |
|---|---|
| MARINERS | TIGERS |
| Victor Robles – CF | Matt Vierling – RF |
| Jorge Polanco – 2B | Kerry Carpenter – DH |
| Randy Arozarena – LF | Colt Keith – 2B |
| Cal Raleigh – C | Gio Urshela – 3B |
| Julio Rodriguez – DH | Bligh Madris – 1B |
| Luke Raley – 1B | Parker Meadows – CF |
| Mitch Haniger – RF | Justyn-Henry Malloy – LF |
| Josh Rojas – 3B | Zach McKinstry – SS |
| Dylan Moore – SS | Jake Rogers – C |
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has asked residents to cut water use to reduce the risk of a combined sewer overflow ahead of heavy rains expected to sweep into the Milwaukee area later this evening.
The sewerage district is urging residents to take shorter showers, save laundry and dishes for another day, and empty rain barrels regularly. The sewerage district serves 1.1 million customers in 28 communities in the greater Milwaukee area.
The National Weather Service also has issued a beach hazard statement for Thursday, advising swimmers to avoid Lake Michigan as waves could reach six feet. There is also a risk off rip currents.
Milwaukee has a combined sewage system in which both stormwater and wastewater from homes and businesses flow through the same pipes before it is treated.
If heavy rains cause the water reclamation facilities and deep tunnels to fill to capacity, the sewerage district must discharge untreated water into Milwaukee’s three rivers and Lake Michigan to prevent wastewater from backing up into homes and businesses.
When a combined sewer overflow does occur, most of that water is rainwater rushing out as soon as it enters the system. However, there is a risk of bacteria impacting local waterways, like Lake Michigan.
Even though Milwaukee residents have seen frequently soggy conditions this spring and summer, there has only been one overflow this year. That overflow occurred in early April, with 357 million gallons of untreated wastewater released into local rivers and Lake Michigan.
Subscribing to water drop alerts can help everyone know when to limit water use as well as when an overflow has occurred. Residents can receive a water drop alert by texting WATERDROP to 414-296-4422.
More: Rain has pummeled Milwaukee so far this spring. Why haven’t there been more sewer overflows?
More: Milwaukee’s rivers were once open sewers to Lake Michigan. Here’s how they’re being cleaned up.
Caitlin Looby is a Report for America corps member who writes about the environment and the Great Lakes. Reach her at clooby@gannett.com or follow her on X @caitlooby.
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