No One Believes This

It's like waving a red cape in front of a bull:

• As Chicago prepares for the Democratic National Convention and the protests that could come with it, concerns over popular city monuments are growing after vandals targeted the iconic Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park over the weekend.

  The concerns sparked after the famed Cloud Gate structure, also known as "The Bean," officially reopened after nearly a year of construction. At the same time, Buckingham Fountain was vandalized, forcing it to shut down for several hours. Vandals dyed the water inside the fountain red and green, leaving messages about the war in Gaza around the fountain.

  But as protests are expected to heighten in the lead-up and during the DNC in Chicago, officials with the city's police department said "vandalism and violence of any kind will not be tolerated."

  “The Chicago Police Department has been and continues to prepare for the upcoming Democratic National Convention since Chicago was announced as the host city a year ago. Our training has been heavily focused on responding to large-scale First Amendment activity," the department told NBC Chicago in a statement Monday. "As always, we will protect those exercising their constitutional rights, as well as those who are working, living, and visiting in the areas of the demonstrations. When orders to disperse are given for public safety reasons, we will seek voluntary compliance first consistent with the Department's First Amendment Rights policy. Those who continue to be in violation of dispersal orders after a reasonable amount of time will face arrest."

First up, there is almost no enforcement for these types of events. "Protestors" are given free rein to block streets, expressways, buildings, etc. 

Then phone calls are made. Many phone calls. Then a warning may be given....and another set of phone calls goes up the chain. Then, if they're lucky, another warning. The entire process takes upwards of thirty minutes before a "final warning" may be given and actual arrests undertaken.

By then, it's too late. The disruption has effectively crippled foot and vehicle traffic for hours, which is the sole purpose anyway. It's a joke....and it's not over yet. The "protestors" are cited with some paperwork before it's all dismissed by Crimesha a few days or weeks later. 

Remember how many panty-fa and #blm types faced any actual charges, fines or jail time? And how many ended up being plaintiffs against CPD? So to make a statement like this is just noise, and they'll take is as a challenge to do something.