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‘This will not be 1968.’ Chicago police prepare for DNC as whole world watches once again.
Chicago Tribune· 5 days agoWhile similar concerns arose ahead of the last Chicago DNC in 1996, as well as the NATO summit in...
Secret Service and Chicago police ramp up preparations for Democratic convention as protests loom
CNN.com· 5 days agoSecret Service and Chicago police officials are ramping up preparations for the Democratic National ...
Chicago police superintendent pledges DNC protests 'will not be 1968' riots
AOL· 4 days agoChicago won’t see a repeat of the 1968 riots outside the Democratic National Convention, CPD superintendent promised ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson sure looks good while running away from questions
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 hours agoIgnore the question while turning the topic into a racial issue — the usual Brandon Johnson playbook. Honestly, Johnson could hire a private jet to fly Tom Ford in to thread his brows and the ...
Column: Sen. Robert Kennedy's last words: 'And now it’s onto Chicago and let’s win there'
Quad-City Times· 7 days agoOn June 4, 1968, Sen. Robert Kennedy won the big prize - the California primary – in his quest to become president of the United States. The New York senator was looking ahead ...
Julie Leininger Pycior: Herbert Humphrey’s lessons from the 1968 DNC
Chicago Tribune· 5 days agoNo wonder the Democratic National Convention, which will be held in Chicago this summer, evokes...
Texas Democrats try to unify against GOP “extremism” as their own challenges and strife persist
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 days agoDavid Albert, a government professor who ran to be a Biden delegate at the Democratic National ...
‘Are We There Yet?’: Prominent Pollster Wonders If Dumping Biden Now Could Save Dems From Trump In...
IJR· 3 days agoPollster Nate Silver on Monday questioned whether President Joe Biden dropping out of the...
Will Chicago cut a deal with protesters?
Politico· 6 days agoIt’s familiar territory: Ever since 1968, when violent protests took attention away from the Democratic Convention in Chicago, event ...
‘We’ve got to be ready’: Suburban police gearing up for political conventions this summer
Daily Herald· 4 days agoSuburban police may be called upon to help keep the peace during this summer’s Democratic National Convention at the United Center in ...