Trump Cancels Rally Overwhelmed by Protesters ("Total Chaos")

[Hissyspit]

Source: CBS News

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-cancels-rally-overwhelmed-by-protesters/

Donald Trump cancels rally overwhelmed by protesters

STEPHANIE CONDON CBS NEWS
Mar 11, 2016 7:49 PM EST

The Donald Trump campaign on Friday night canceled a rally slated to take place in an arena at the University of Illinois at Chicago after protesters overwhelmed the event. The campaign cited safety concerns, given the tense confrontations between Trump protesters and supporters.

After the cancellation was announced, fights started to break out at the UIC Pavilion, CBS News' Sopan Deb reports.

Ahead of Trump's arrival, hundreds of demonstrators lined up outside the arena to protest Trump. Large groups of Trump opponents also occupied multiple sections inside the arena as well. The mix of Trump supporters and opponents created a tense atmosphere, and finally a spokesperson for the campaign announced the event was canceled.


https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20160311/near-west-side/trump-chicago-rally-means-early-start-for-supporters-protesters

Trump Chicago Rally Canceled For Safety

By Joe Ward, Kelly Bauer, Stephanie Lulay and Evan F. Moore | March 11, 2016 10:32am | Updated March 11, 2016 6:40pm

CHICAGO — A rally for Donald Trump was postponed Friday night after.

"For the safety of everyone gathered in and around the pavilion, the Trump rally will be postponed," an official said from the stage.

Protesters inside dance and cheered after the announcement had made as fights broke out.

Thousands of protesters and supporters had faced off on the Near West Side Friday for the Republican presidential front-runner's planned appearance at the UIC Pavilion.

The scene was described as "total chaos" by one observer.

Earlier, the two sides clashed outside.

"Trump! Trump! Trump! Illegals are Illegal," some men chanted as they went inside the stadium at Harrison Street and Racine Avenue.

Protesters shouted back, "Thanks for visiting Chicago!" and "Why racist? ... There's no room for you guys!"

- snip -

But hundreds of protesters also got inside. Three students wearing shirts saying "Muslims United Against Trump" were escorted out of the pavilion as the crowd chanted "USA! USA!" Several more groups of demonstrators were later taken out.

No link yet.

[Ferd Berfel]

1. Hey you can't stop trumps rally

[asiliveandbreathe]

74. Spot on Ferd -

at last the people rise up - could this be the beginning of the end for trump and his ilk - Cruz and Rubio are no better!

[laruemtt]

2. Sorry to say, but

I really don't see us getting to November without somebody getting hurt.

[leftofcool]

4. I agree. Possibly even getting killed.

[Purveyor]

5. I wouldn't want to be a protester in that crowd as it departs,

disappointed from that event.

[Chicago1980]

17. People have already gotten hurt.

Punched in the face, wrestled to the ground.

[SCantiGOP]

43. Chicago1980:

Your screen name grabbed me. I was just talking to an old friend about our being in anti-war riots in May of 1970, and I told him the TV coverage looked like Chicago street fighting in 1968.
Cue Mick Jagger and Street Fighting Man.....

[Chicago1980]

57. The '68' street fighting was of course during the democratic convention.

A dozen years before my birth, hence the screen name.

[JoFerret]

59. For us oldsters it has a certain flashback quality

But each generation has its own causes and they take their own forms etc. What remains is the passion for justice and equity. Drumpf is reaping the whirlwind he has sown.

[SCantiGOP]

62. In 68

We had some old dudes that participated in the marches and protests.
Hope this generation won't mistake me
for a Trump type so I can join in the street action.

[OwlinAZ]

66. It was a police riot

There's nothing in common between these two incidents.

[elmac]

52. if he wins

riots, mayhem, a national disaster.

[malthaussen]

3. Is this Chicago 2016, or Berlin 1932?

This is getting quite dismaying.

-- Mal

[MissB]

9. Right? The BBC headline that flashed across my phone

just now made my heart sink. Seriously disappointed in American society right now. I thought we'd come so far and yet...

[malthaussen]

20. And we're still in March.

If Mr Trump is the nominee, which seems probable, then one could only expect the process to accelerate.

-- Mal

[SCantiGOP]

44. As I just posted above you

It's Chicago 1968.
And that may be just what we need, back to the streets.

[malthaussen]

46. The difference is that Chicago '68

... was the police working out on protesters, whereas the street fighting in Germany in the 20s and 30s was political faction against political faction.

'68 is better compared with Occupy than tonight's unpleasantness.

-- Mal

[SCantiGOP]

50. Right

But the level of disorder and passions spilling over reminded me of 68 scenes.

Gloves may be coming off on both sides. Not sure what that may mean.

[Snarkoleptic]

6. Watching live coverage on ABC Ch. 7

Hope nothing happens when these Drumphites get on the street near the protestors.

[Kip Humphrey]

7. It is very important for everyone to appreciate that the protesters inside are willing to risk their

lives to stop against Trump from becoming president.

[HooptieWagon]

36. ^this^

There are several groups of protestor's. I hear Latinos, Muslims, and Sanders supporters. Protestor's reportedly number in the hundreds, many managed to get inside the arena.

[Scootaloo]

51. Absolutely.

[artislife]

54. This is so important. There is absolutely no apathy here!

We are an engaged people...this is our strength. I am so proud of all of them

[Elmergantry]

68. So the ballot box has become passe?

I don't see this accomplishing anything than garnering Trump sympathy.

[lancer78]

79. I understand

Don't like him? I get it, he's a douche . But guess what? So are the protesters.

Doesn't matter what it is that is being protested the protesters always come across the same, a bunch of jerks that want to force what they want down everyone else's throat and no other opinion is welcome.

This event will probably cause Trump's poll numbers to go up another 3 points among Republican voters. The protesters, by trying to shut Trump up, are making him out to be a victim.

[Kip Humphrey]

80. This public demonstration is the tip of an iceberg that has a history of which you are apparently

unaware. Furthermore, those 'bunch of jerks' were entirely successful in their mission of keeping Trump's brand of bigotry off their campus. Around here, we are used to applauding such efforts because most of us want LESS bigotry in the world.

[Person 2713]

81. +1 good post

[RobinA]

95. Except...

this type of protesting doesn't cause less bigotry. No good will come of disrupting campaign events. What's the point? Go vote for the other guy, work for the other guy, get the other guy elected. That's what elections are about.

[Firebrand Gary]

8. This is insanity.

I hope people will allow their higher selves to step in and avoid violence! How awful!

[FailureToCommunicate]

10. CNN reporter AND host are both now saying that it is the PROTESTERS fault that police

stopped the rally. Blaming the protesters for Trump supporters going ape on the anti Trumps.

And of course this is just more all Trump all the time coverage by MSM.

[Duval]

11. I'm not surprised, not any more.

[Elmergantry]

67. Protestors continually interfering with

Trump and his supporters right of assembly and such will have a backlash. Trump will eat this up and score points off of it as he has done with all the attempts to shut him up.

[NobodyHere]

98. Of course it's the protesters fault

That was their whole plan after all.

[FarPoint]

12. Can you just image how Cleveland will be handled....

GOP Convention......

[0rganism]

13. i'm getting a 1968 vibe from this

good year to be a Democrat (2016, not 1968)
can i be fined for excessive schadenfreude?

[malthaussen]

16. Not so far as I am aware.

But I wonder that anyone would think such conditions are a "good."

-- Mal

[0rganism]

23. not so much "good" as "hilariously inevitable" and "long time coming"

sometimes when i was much younger, i wondered how long Nixon's "Southern Strategy" would work out for the Republicans
now we know: just under 50 years

i have waited my whole life for the Republican coalition of racists and banksters to fall apart, and the racist history of this country to finally be publicly repudiated. pardon me if i do a little dance.

[malthaussen]

31. Not my place to pardon you.

I'm no stranger to schadenfreude (in fact, it happens that I think it is one of the most important and uncredited motivations in politics), but I am not so partisan as to think that war in the streets is an eventuality to dance about. It is not, after all, as though we can be assured that this will spell an end to those things which we despise.

-- Mal

[elmac]

56. I believe 35 years of reaganomics makes violence inevitable

trump may just be the trigger. If not him then someone else, the day of reckoning will come.

[0rganism]

77. ya i stopped dancing a while back

i still think the situation is going to work out massively in Democrats' favor this year, and long term this is a step to ending some of the basic evils of our society, but now it looks like there will be a high price to pay along the way. nothing great is easy, nothing lasting is free.

not saying it's any less inevitable or welcome change, but i'm finding it a lot less funny now.

[malthaussen]

14. Watch some film of Chicago '68.

That should give an idea, if there is no footage of street fighting in Europe in the 20's and 30's.

-- Mal

[FarPoint]

18. I'm going to do that this weekend...

Good idea...history repeats itself. Probably on YouTube...

[FailureToCommunicate]

19. Maybe Cleveland will feature some of this...

It didn't work out so well for the Dems in '68. (Of course the floor fights inside the convention didn't help either) (Also notice the all.white.men. in the convention photo)

[FarPoint]

21. I can see it now...

Hahahaha... Kasich is also Ohio Governor... If Convention is a disaster, he gets the life long stain.

[FailureToCommunicate]

27. A Democrat can dream can't we...

[FarPoint]

32. I'm dreaming..

I'm smiling....

[SCantiGOP]

48. Mayor Daly

From the stage during the convention with riots raging outside: "The police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder."

[malthaussen]

22. "The policeman is there to preserve disorder."

-- Mayor Richard J. Daley

-- Mal

[FailureToCommunicate]

24. Daley really was one of the great thinkers of the 20th century.

[liberal N proud]

30. Cleveland police have ordered 3000 sets of riot gear

I don't think that will be enough.

[Earth_First]

45. I plan on being there...

It will be chaotic.

[awoke_in_2003]

47. Like Chicago, a melting pot city...

I miss my hometown, but there is no way in hell I would want to be there for the convention.

[restorefreedom]

64. oh it will be ugly

trumpites have guns and are proud to open carry them

[bvf]

70. My son-in-law recently joined the Cleveland Fire Dept.

and is a first responder. He'll pull duty there. Can't say I feel good about it, but he's an absolute rock.

[Kber]

85. Hope he stays safe!

[Chicago1980]

15. So the big puss couldn't handle the Chi...

[Cobalt Violet]

25. It's going to be a crazy spring.

[malthaussen]

26. Link to live feed:

(via another DU post): http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141375965

-- Mal

[liberal N proud]

28. Only 4 months to Cleveland

Imagine what that could be like.

[elljay]

29. Triumph of the Will

Anyone who has not watched Leni Riefenstahl's film Triumph of the Will really should do so (link to the film, below). It is a magnificent piece of cinematography (though you need to suppress the urge to vomit) that documents a Hitler rally in Nuremberg. I will not compare Trump to Hitler because no one can be compared to him. However, if you watch a Trump rally after seeing Reifenstahl's film, you will walk away with a burning sensation in the pit of your stomach that will not go away. We cannot underestimate how dangerous this moment is.

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[malthaussen]

33. Couldn't agree with you more.

I also think that certain iconography which has developed in this century, from multiple U.S. flags on stage (one used to suffice) to the obligatory display of U.S. flag lapel pins (doubtless made in China), also reflect the iconography present in the Nuremberg rallies.

-- Mal

[elljay]

38. Yes, All designed to create unity

in a developing mob. Classic crowd psychology.

[trusty elf]

82. Trump Off The Wall

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[elljay]

87. Brilliant!

[JeffHead]

34. You gotta know Donald is going to try to spin this against Bernie supporters.

He's not going to take any responsibility for his hate speech. Not one bit.

[Arazi]

37. He's blaming Obama! Says its just pent up rage at Obamas policies

[SCantiGOP]

53. Has Obama been blamed for Pearl Harbor yet?

[FailureToCommunicate]

75. Obama KNEW the German's were flying directly at Pearl and didn't warn anyone?!?

[elljay]

88. Oh stop spreading rumors

You know perfectly well he was still in Kenya, aiding and abetting Rommel's Afrika Korps.

[FailureToCommunicate]

91. You out foxed me

And here is photgraphic proof (he's in the far right rear)

[elljay]

92. Compelling

Bet if you posted that on Infowars you'd get a lot of traction. The bar is that low.

[FailureToCommunicate]

94. I had to look that up. Now I wish I hadn't. Yikes.

Both the Bernie and Hillary camps here at DU think each other is nuts; man they should go to that site to get some perspective on what real bat shit looney sounds like!

[elljay]

96. There are millions of them

Alex Jones alone has a couple of million listeners to his radio show. We're all focused on the election, but who is focusing on the loonies? They'll still be around, angry, heavily armed, and even more frustrated at having the election "stolen" from them by (insert name). I have yet to hear anyone address what we do with these people before they go off the rails completely (and lord knows, they gotta be close already).

[FailureToCommunicate]

97. Oh great. Now I'm really gonna have trouble sleeping at night!

[elljay]

100. Lullaby Ben

Luckily, there is a cure for that:

[FailureToCommunicate]

101. That should do the trick, thanks!

[herding cats]

78. He's really saying: Look what electing a black president has caused!

At least that's what his supporters hear, and they're going to rally to his defense.

[malthaussen]

39. No, Mr Trump isn't worried about Mr Sanders yet.

He is blaming Mr Obama. I doubt Mr Trump is even aware Bernie Sanders exists right now. He may be in for a nasty surprise.

-- Mal

[SCantiGOP]

49. Trump already has

Says this will get him millions more votes next Tuesday. Says protestors are blocking free speech and assembly.

[TeamPooka]

35. Trump is a real fucking scumbag. He will be America's first dictator if he wins. nt

[roamer65]

40. General Michael Hayden's words in the Maher interview were a warning to Trumpf.

We are closer to a military coup d'état that we are to a Trumpf presidency.

The oligarchs will do what is necessary to keep power.

[humbled_opinion]

41. They say Trumps poll numbers

will increase by 5 points because of this...

[FailureToCommunicate]

55. Oh yeah. Dog whistle thru a bullhorn. Trump agitates from the podium at every

rally, and the crowds lap it up. Add in a few protesters of the wrong color and boom MORE news coverage. Right now CNN an MSNBC are carrying a live helicopter feed and are playing the same 3 bits of footage from earlier inside the rally of black people shuffling with Trump supporters.

And Trump plays nice to Chris Mathews saying he certainly is hoping they won't be any violence. Ha! And the press lap it up and dish it out.

Maybe they might mention the thousands going to Hillary or especially Bernie rallies and...no problems. Hmmm.

[Kip Humphrey]

42. This is how it is done, folks.

Thank you, Chicago!


WIN! Bernie WIN!

[olddots]

58. if he comes to L.A.

It might get real ugly .

[SCantiGOP]

63. The revolution will be televised

[world wide wally]

65. It seems we've reached a point where we say " Fuck you too!"

I grew up in Chicago and I remember the convention riots well, along with some massive peace marches. This may boost Trump in the polls this week, but I promise it will take it's toll.
Fuck Nazis and anyone who looks like them!

[Johnny2X2X]

69. White supremacists

This was a white supremacy rally Trump was holding. People are going to get upset at that type of thing. Trump is basically a Klan leader at this point.

[restorefreedom]

71. fwiw, fox is reporting it as moveon. yes, its fox i know. nt

[Tree Frog]

72. We The People, are Speaking

The protesters are doing America a great service. We the People are going to stop trump.
Very powerful!

[LiberalElite]

73. Looks like MoveOn was also invoved -

https://www.facebook.com/moveon/photos/a.61232960492.81458.7292655492/10153314223330493/?type=3&theater

[BlueStater]

76. Fuck this asshole and his disgusting supporters.

Am I supposed to feel bad for them and feel like they were denied their right to free speech when they've physically assaulted peaceful protesters for the mere crime of not liking their candidate? Their little Nazi rally being disrupted is the least they deserve.

[malcolmboeing]

83. It is a sad day

When free speech is squelched.

[BlueStater]

89. Boo fucking hoo.

What about the free speech of the peaceful protesters, who should have the right to let their voices be heard without those Trump-loving monkeys taking their signs away or beating them up?

[goldent]

93. Yeah, if this tactic is successful it will be used against others

[NobodyHere]

99. Especially when liberals cheer about it

[treestar]

84. the media tends to forget the fact that far more people are against Trump

than are for him.

[hedgehog]

86. K&R

[robertgodardfromnj]

90. Trump is a wuss

Cannot wait for his massive defeat this fall.