Pro-Palestinian agitators and police clashed outside Chicago’s Israeli consulate on Tuesday as the Democratic National Convention was underway in nearby United Center. The agitators set an American flag outside the consulate and attacked journalist Ben Bergquam when he attempted to remove the flag from the flames.
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Breaking — Militant leftists set an American flag on fire at DNC protest in Chicago.
Reporter @BenBergquam gets assaulted while attempting to put fire out. pic.twitter.com/0rbAOoKdoF
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 21, 2024
ANTIFA communist thugs just burned a half Israeli half American flag, but when they went to burn the American flag, I couldn’t sit back and watch. #DNC Chicago, Illinois.
Real America’s Voice News@BenBergquam pic.twitter.com/naEchh1i8h
— Ben Bergquam – Real America’s Voice (RAV-TV) News (@BenBergquam) August 21, 2024
One person with a microphone was heard telling the crowd as the flag burned on the ground, “This is what we think of your f*cking flag.”
Militant leftists torch American flag at violent DNC protest: “This is what we think of your f-cking flag.” pic.twitter.com/GuNmkmN7aN
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 21, 2024
Lines of riot police and agitators were seen clashing outside the consulate.
More clashes between a group of leftists and police in Chicago as the two group push back against each other outside the Israeli consulate. pic.twitter.com/rrBh44NeUD
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 21, 2024
Pro-Palestine protesters clash with police in an attempt to march on the Israeli consulate. pic.twitter.com/zWaPU6SdHK
— TENET Media (@watchTENETnow) August 21, 2024
Police push back against a group of leftists in Chicago as they attempted to march. pic.twitter.com/M2Tr9qq7RT
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 21, 2024
Multiple arrests have been made as agitators attempted to make their way through the police line, Julio Rosas documented it for The Blaze. Arrests continued to be made throughout the evening.
Chicago Police make multiple arrests after the Antifa/Black Bloc march attempted to walk through a police line. pic.twitter.com/aWMJdAeO7E
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 21, 2024
Earlier: Chicago police haul away some of the leftist protesters. pic.twitter.com/epwjfYAgl5
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 21, 2024
Police arrest one of the leftist protesters in Chicago pic.twitter.com/ZC85IDiAZ8
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 21, 2024
Chicago Police start making arrests at the Israeli consulate march. pic.twitter.com/nUUlGD4HWb
— TENET Media (@watchTENETnow) August 21, 2024
Zip tied protesters in Chicago are led away by police. pic.twitter.com/qGuXtBzH24
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 21, 2024
Chicago PD gives a lesson to DNC protester who defied orders and taunted officers. pic.twitter.com/kFihJGzQsw
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 21, 2024
Outside the Israeli consulate, protestors were heard shouting “Globalize the intifada.” They were also heard chanting “It is right to rebel, DNC go to hell!”
Calls to “Globalize the intifada” heard outside the Israeli consulate in Chicago. pic.twitter.com/7iWSQgg1Zk
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 21, 2024
Militant leftists chant “It is right to rebel, DNC go to hell!” as they march in Chicago. Police are blocking their path. pic.twitter.com/48yzCbUqMP
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 21, 2024
Police pushed the group away from the consulate, with multiple walls of police keeping the group confined to a one-block section.
Chicago cops are dominating the far-left activists, pushing them away from the Israeli Consulate. Officers have formed multiple walls and confined them to one block near Canal St & Madison St in downtown Chicago. This thing is starting to wind down. @FrontlinesTPUSA pic.twitter.com/8ONH0rVWe0
— Jonathan Choe (@choeshow) August 21, 2024
As the group marched, they forced a taxi cab to reverse out of the way. Police pushed the group away from the consulate, with multiple walls of police keeping the group confined to a one-block section. “go homie go,” a man with a megaphone yelled at the cab driver.
“Bigots, bigots go on home, or we’ll bring the war home,” the group shouted.
Leftist protesters in Chicago force a taxi to back up as they advance down the road. pic.twitter.com/LDCjAxdtEh
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 21, 2024
F@#K..F@#K Palestine! These Pro-Palestinian Pukes are lucky I’m not in charge. Open season with NO bag limits on these miscreants.