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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker downplays risks of 1968 Dem convention repeat: 'Whole different ballgame' |
2024-08-19 |
[NYPOST] ![]() Pritzker (D) on Sunday downplayed fears of demonstrations escalating at this week's convention, saying a lot has changed in the last half-century and that authorities are ready. ''The fact is, it's a whole different ballgame. Here we are 56 years later, we've got a very, very different situation in the Democratic Party,'' Pritzker told CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... 's ''State of the Union'' on Sunday. ''The Democratic Party, honestly, has coalesced around this candidate. That was not the case in 1968. Policing is all different now, and we've got technology at work,'' he added. ''The protesters are protesting something that is very far away from here — very important — but it's not about people getting drafted from here, going abroad.'' |
Posted by:Fred |
#15 they are not A speculative retrospective... Clinton and 'martial law' |
Posted by: Skidmark 2024-08-19 21:53 |
#14 #11 - as long as they're paid by the state, they are not subject to Posse Commitatus. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-08-19 12:25 |
#13 Today's James Howard Kunstler post: There are many more ways for things to go wrong this week than the simple dynamics that were in-play fifty-six years ago in Chicago. |
Posted by: Gromble+Dribble4342 2024-08-19 12:00 |
#12 Per Chicago's ABC 7 channel, last weekends current casualties are 5 KIA, 25 WIA. "Whole different ballgame" means Chicago's population is far crazier and far better armed than in 1968. There will be a lot of interesting amateur video being made there this coming week. |
Posted by: Gromble+Dribble4342 2024-08-19 11:55 |
#11 "In addition to local police, members of the Illinois National Guard were mobilized and seen patrolling in camouflage uniforms"![]() Democratic lawmakers urge the Pentagon to keep the military out of US law enforcement |
Posted by: Skidmark 2024-08-19 10:45 |
#9 ^ Jabba the Dem Chicago Begins Erecting Miles of Security Fencing Ahead of Democrat Convention Wonder who is paying for that and if they'll be taken down. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2024-08-19 10:01 |
#8 This fat f*ck is planning on running for POTUS, giving America all the "blessings" of Illinois and Chicago |
Posted by: Frank G 2024-08-19 09:08 |
#7 I never noticed before how much Priztker looks like a chubby Alfonse Capone. |
Posted by: Mercutio 2024-08-19 08:53 |
#6 Chicago is flooded with cops for DNC as pro-Palestine protests begin Means the 'burbs are 'open season'. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2024-08-19 08:52 |
#5 /\ Programmed "disaster" for large urban logistical nodes. All existing order must be destroyed in order to "Build Back Better." It's all about CONTROL. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2024-08-19 08:43 |
#4 a lot has changed in the last half-century Look at chaotic Chicago, not the Dem convention, to see what disasters await under Harris-Walz |
Posted by: Skidmark 2024-08-19 08:27 |
#3 Things are going to get even more fun! |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-08-19 07:54 |
#2 The protesters are protesting something that is very far away from here It's protest season for Marxists and their Anarchist buddies. Causes change all the time, the behavior doesn't. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-08-19 07:25 |
#1 DNC host city braces for week of unrest as anti-Israel protests swarm the streets |
Posted by: Skidmark 2024-08-19 00:25 |