NPR - Thousands of protestors marched in Chicago against Israel’s war in Gaza as the DNC kicked off yesterday. Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said the department had a respectful working relationship with protest leaders, and looked forward to supporting the marchers’ right of free speech without a problem. Things were calm until a group of masked protestors tried to enter the DNC’s security perimeter. Protestors took down several sections of a fence and then called other protestors to follow them through, NPR’s Martin Kaste says. Police closed in on them from opposite ends and arrested a handful of people. Kaste found a long line of delegates and talked with some, but none of them had seen or heard any of the protests. More demonstrations are planned for the remaining three days of the DNC.
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