Secret Service and Chicago police have started to prepare residents and businesses around the United Center and McCormick Place for the impact of this summer’s Democratic National Convention.
Chicago police, U.S. Secret Service, FBI and other agencies canvass the area near McCormick Place, April 8, 2024, to provide information to businesses and residents about heightened security during this summer’s Democratic National Convention. Officials with the U.S.
Officials said they wanted to gather information about essential services such as Meals on Wheels and medical supply deliveries that could be disrupted by DNC security. In addition, there are more than 300 businesses around the two venues that could be affected by security efforts, Heffernan said. Details on access also are forthcoming, but officials said neighbors should know that the impact of the event likely will be felt before it begins Aug. 19.
Tensions over the convention are already running high as groups that want to to stage protests around convention venues have had their permits denied at City Hall. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has instead offered a two-block route to march through Grant Park. A coalition of community groups that pushed for the consent decree, including the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, argues in court papers filed last month that a draft policy released in February “eviscerates protections required by the First Amendment, the Consent Decree, and CPD’s existing First Amendment policy.”
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