After a joint threat assessment report this week described risks from groups seeking to disrupt the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the ABC 7 I-Team has identified one organization behind a physical disruption at a DNC event in May.
Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel, and Tom JonesThe leftist group "Behind Enemy Lines," describes itself as anti-imperialist, and it's members and supporters have demanded that Chicago cancel the DNC because of U.S. policies inAfter a joint threat assessment report this week described risks from groups seeking to disrupt the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this month, the ABC 7 I-Team has identified one organization behind a physical disruption at a DNC event in May.
The joint threat assessment, prepared by several local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, and, states that law enforcement "remains concerned about the possibility of violent conflict occurring at otherwise lawful protest events or gatherings linked to the 2024 DNC." The police report referred to a few unnamed intruders but the video shows a larger group of gate crashers that day.
"A small group of members and supporters of Behind Enemy Lines entered the United Center during an open to the public summer volunteer event, and unfurled a banner in front of the DNC volunteer table, handed out literature and spoke to the crowd," a spokesperson wrote via email. "We did not 'flee' we were forcibly removed by United Center security."
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