Current:Home > MarketsChicago’s top cop says police are getting training to manage protests during the DNC-LoTradeCoin
Chicago’s top cop says police are getting training to manage protests during the DNC
View Date:2024-12-25 14:48:10
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police are undergoing fresh training on handling large-scale protests and First Amendment rights ahead of anticipated demonstrations during the Democratic National Convention this summer, Superintendent Larry Snelling said Wednesday.
“Everything we are doing is rooted in constitutional policing,” Snelling told reporters at a news conference previewing security preparations. “We want to make sure we maintain peace. We are not going to tolerate the violence.”
Thousands of elected officials and activists are expected to come to the nation’s third-largest city from Aug. 19-22. Snelling, Mayor Brandon Johnson and emergency management officials said they’re finalizing plans for traffic and security around both convention sites, which are the United Center and McCormick Place Convention Center.
Snelling said the Chicago Police Department has looked back at other large-scale events in the city to see what worked, including during the 2012 NATO summit.
Chicago police generally received high marks for the handling of NATO protests. For the DNC, Snelling said the department would again use police on bicycles and officers in “soft” or dressed down uniforms.
In contrast, Chicago police faced strong criticism for being unprepared in the aftermath of George Floyd’s 2020 killing in Minneapolis, when civil unrest broke out nationwide. More than 500 complaints were lodged against Chicago police in the following months as many peaceful protests devolved into chaos and destruction.
Snelling, who became police chief last year, said people converging on Chicago without warning was a different situation than a convention where protesters are limited to certain areas and required to get permits. But he acknowledged the department fell short in 2020.
“Our officers were out there without the training to deal with that type of situation,” he said.
Chicago last hosted the DNC in 1996.
Republicans are holding their convention a month earlier in Milwaukee.
veryGood! (9431)
Related
- Georgia lawmaker proposes new gun safety policies after school shooting
- The lessons of Wayne Shorter, engine of imagination
- 'Wait Wait' for Feb. 4, 2023: With Not My Job guest Billy Porter
- Shania Twain returns after a difficult pandemic with the beaming 'Queen of Me'
- Vegas Sphere reports revenue decline despite hosting UFC 306, Eagles residency
- Ross Gay on inciting joy while dining with sorrow
- How Black resistance has been depicted in films over the years
- Marilyn Monroe was more than just 'Blonde'
- Digital Finance Research Institute Introduce
- 'Fleishman Is in Trouble' is a Trojan horse for women's stories, says Lizzy Caplan
Ranking
- Brian Kelly asks question we're all wondering after Alabama whips LSU, but how to answer?
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken on his musical alter ego
- K-pop superstars BLACKPINK become the most streamed female band on Spotify
- 'Perry Mason' returns for Season 2, but the reboot is less fun than the original
- Reds honor Pete Rose with a 14-hour visitation at Great American Ball Park
- 'How to Sell a Haunted House' is campy and tense, dark but also deep
- Fans said the future of 'Dungeons & Dragons' was at risk. So they went to battle
- 'Still Pictures' offers one more glimpse of writer Janet Malcolm
Recommendation
-
Halle Berry surprises crowd in iconic 2002 Elie Saab gown from her historic Oscar win
-
Adults complained about a teen theater production and the show's creators stepped in
-
Is Mittens your muse? Share your pet-inspired artwork with NPR
-
2022 Books We Love: Nonfiction
-
PSA: Coach Outlet Has Stocking Stuffers, Gifts Under $100 & More for the Holidays RN (up to 60% Off)
-
'Fleishman Is in Trouble' is a Trojan horse for women's stories, says Lizzy Caplan
-
Is Mittens your muse? Share your pet-inspired artwork with NPR
-
'We Should Not Be Friends' offers a rare view of male friendship