Chicago braces for unrest as pro-Palestine protesters look to disrupt DNC

The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is expecting tens of thousands of pro-Palestine protesters in Chicago this week as US Vice President Kamala Harris will officially become the Democratic Presidential nominee. A coalition of primarily left-wing and Arab groups are planning two protest marches on Monday ahead of Joe Biden's appearance and Thursday ahead of Kamala Harris' speech The first Chicago pro-Palestine protest took place on Sunday ahead of the convention beginning on Monday. Several downtown Chicago businesses have boarded up their properties because of concerns over political unrest. Sky News contributor Brad Polumbo slammed the Democrats for allowing potential "violent protest behaviour" ahead of the DNC. “When you enable and allow this kind of violent protest behaviour to go in major cities from extremists in your party, they're going to keep doing it,” he said. “Kamala Harris has tried to make her campaign about joy.“ “But I don’t know what about … boarded up buildings screams joy to you.”