Unicorn Riot | Palestine Protesters Rally Outside DNC Delegate Party at Salt Shed in Chicago [Part 2] @UnicornRiot | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 23 hours ago.
On the second night of the Democratic National Convention, Democratic Party delegates headed to the Salt Shed, a large riverfront concert venue in the West Town neighborhood, northeast of the Loop. A little after 11 p.m. a group of a couple dozen demonstrators weaved between outdoor garden venues and busy parking lots to march north and south along the Elston Ave. bike lane in front of the Salt Shed, calling for Palestinian rights with a large banner. The party was hosted by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and first lady M.K. Pritzker; John Legend performed there. Around 120 officers from the Illinois State Patrol and Chicago Police formed a perimeter around the demonstrators; our reporters did not see any arrests. Law enforcement blocked access to the west sidewalk on Elston Ave., however neither city nor state police would explain what justified closing the sidewalk.

Despite its modest size the noise demo made an impression on the thousands of Democratic Party delegates and officials that all had to pass in front of it to join and leave their festivities. Packed buses and vans proceeded slowly up the northbound lane, while after midnight as they drifted away and tried to catch vehicles, some looked on with concern, others snapped photos and videos.

One suit-jacked attendee unexpectedly crossed the street, walked through the police lines, and hugged a demonstrator with a megaphone. Our reporter asked why he’d done this as he headed back; his muddled answer indicated he probably wasn’t very sober, but his somber and concerned expression telegraphed that the message of the demo had reached him regardless. Since most of the delegates have been ensconced in high-security venues, luxury hotels and bars, it proved difficult for demonstrators to expose their message to them, but this event caught the delegates out in the open, as they all had to proceed through checks at a sluggish security entry gate under a boastful “Democrats Deliver” banner.

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