Demonstrators planning to
protest on Dan Ryan Saturday
WGN-TV (Chicago),
by
Staff
Original Article
Posted By: AltaD,
8/13/2020 1:40:03 PM
Demonstrators are planning to shut down the Dan Ryan Expressway on Saturday to protest police brutality.
Organizers have been meeting with law enforcement for weeks to coordinate the march.
The demonstration will start at 12 p.m. Saturday at Robert Taylor Park, near 47th and Federal, before heading north on the Dan Ryan.
In an interview with WGN News on Wednesday, FOP President John Catanzara said he wants federal help to prosecute anyone who steps on the expressway.
State police say they will protect the rights of those seeking to peacefully protest while ensuring the safety of the public, and released the following statement:
Reply 1 - Posted by:
hershey 8/13/2020 1:43:08 PM (No. 508673)
Sounds like a lot of 'speed bumps' are going to be on the Dan Ryan....
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They’ve perverted the word “demonstrate”
Get a job you Marxist bastids!
21 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Jethro bo 8/13/2020 1:45:38 PM (No. 508678)
Must be a looting rich enviroment.
9 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
KayJayMac 8/13/2020 1:53:38 PM (No. 508686)
What could possibly go wrong?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
EQKimball 8/13/2020 1:57:45 PM (No. 508692)
Where next, bus lanes, railroad tracks, airport runways, military cbases?
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The Illinois State Police ... hmm... don't they know that violent confrontation is the point of the protest on the Interstate? If there's no confrontation, then there's no reason for the protest. So... prepare for expected unexpected. The Illinois State Police are setting themselves up for violence...
Good Luck to youse!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
hisself 8/13/2020 2:03:40 PM (No. 508695)
Rachel Corrie day on the Dan Ryan!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Catfur27 8/13/2020 2:04:05 PM (No. 508696)
...protesting against police brutality..??!!...really..??..... versus :
...HOW many will protest the HUNDREDS of blacks killed by other blacks in Chicago this year...??......( crickets)
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Namma 8/13/2020 2:09:24 PM (No. 508699)
keep pushing the protestors under an overpass. Then block them in for 24 hours. no potty breaks, no food, but throw water at them. see how much they like being held back, just like the drivers will be held back. The freeways are for cars. It's time to check-mate.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
privateer 8/13/2020 2:13:36 PM (No. 508702)
Some might consider a napalm run excessive force....can't have that! But how about one of those great big buckets of water helicopters drop on forest fires? Is runway foam toxic?
10 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
oldmagnolia 8/13/2020 2:22:06 PM (No. 508710)
The Dan Ryan is around the south side ghettos so the protesters don't have far to go.
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This "protesting" on the freeways makes so little sense it is almost funny. Who the heck dreams these idiotic stunts up?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
His_Highness 8/13/2020 2:31:06 PM (No. 508720)
So, hitchhiking is illegal, but marching is not?
I just love how it is that the government is bowing before the real powers that be.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
droopydog 8/13/2020 2:32:29 PM (No. 508723)
Run on the expressway but don't take a stroll along the shores of Lake Michigan.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Doc1 8/13/2020 2:34:32 PM (No. 508724)
Run over them.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
seamusm 8/13/2020 2:35:29 PM (No. 508725)
Well at least there is nothing to loot or burn aloong the Dan Ryan - unless someone is stupid enough to drive there during the March.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Heil Liberals 8/13/2020 2:45:37 PM (No. 508733)
It is past time for the federal government to step in and put an end to "protests" on interstate highways. These are federal roads, built with federal money, maintained with federal money. These people have no right to bring interstate commerce to a halt. If they want to protest, then shut down city streets.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
marbles 8/13/2020 3:01:34 PM (No. 508748)
The " protestors " have been meeting with law enforcement to coordinate .... what the hell ? NO to shutting down public highways.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
qqi239 8/13/2020 3:06:29 PM (No. 508757)
Who the "organizers" are and what are their sources of income.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
bighambone 8/13/2020 3:07:59 PM (No. 508761)
What is needed is a caravan of about 100 18 wheelers going through at about 70 MPH to rearrange their hair dos and man buns!
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 8/13/2020 3:16:12 PM (No. 508767)
Chaos. Soros.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Norway 8/13/2020 3:21:07 PM (No. 508776)
What about Chiraq's pandemic of black-on-black murders? That's where the numbers are.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
cor-vet 8/13/2020 3:33:19 PM (No. 508785)
It would make my day, if after the 'peaceful' protesters all got up on the freeway, the police would arrive and show them what real police brutality looks like. Block one end and turn the dogs loose on the other end.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
qr4j 8/13/2020 3:34:45 PM (No. 508787)
I do not know how one protests on the Dan Ryan Expressway. It is part of the Interstate highway system. Pedestrians are not permitted on Interstate highways. Neither are bicycles and some other vehicles. The Amish, who are exceedingly peaceful, are not allowed to travel by horse and buggy on the Interstate highway system.
So . . . if these so-called protesters are going to stay on surface streets -- on the sidewalks of surface streets -- that's fine. But if they step onto the actual Dan Ryan Expressway, they need to be arrested for endangering motorists.
It all smacks of rioting to prompt perceived police brutality -- a sort-of "I dare ya to touch me, cop!" That way, if law enforcement carry out their duties, the rioters can claim -- wrongfully, mind you -- police brutality. If law enforcement does not carry out their duties, innocent citizens have to live with disruption and BS -- or far worse.
My patience is gone for BLM and Anitfa and Democrats and Commies, all of whom are part and parcel of the same group of SOBs by different names.
12 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 8/13/2020 3:39:22 PM (No. 508793)
There are no rights for pedestrians to be on a freeway.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
john56 8/13/2020 3:45:14 PM (No. 508802)
Another reason that I never plan to step foot in Chicago for the remainder of my time on this world. Including their airports.
Oh yeah, and Da Bears still stink.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 8/13/2020 3:49:00 PM (No. 508806)
It would be a good time to check out the snow plows in advance of winter.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
cold porridge 8/13/2020 4:03:36 PM (No. 508816)
A few people walking in the middle of the road would be arrested. Hundreds of them is ok. The communist state of Illinois is has lost all sense of reality.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 8/13/2020 4:13:16 PM (No. 508823)
How bizarre is it that a protest against "police brutality" is being assisted by decidedly unbrutal police who instead cooperatively shut down a freeway from use by law-abiding citizens? I'd like to see Gary Larson do a Far Side panel on this situation!
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 8/13/2020 4:26:49 PM (No. 508837)
Make it painful, they’ll stop.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
ho72 8/13/2020 4:56:55 PM (No. 508853)
I'd say an M134 would be really useful in this scenario.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
udanja99 8/13/2020 4:59:24 PM (No. 508855)
Slow down a little bit, lean on your horn and if they don’t get off the road, speed up run them down.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
pinger 8/13/2020 5:01:24 PM (No. 508858)
What time was that supposed to be? That would be the perfect time for a “convoy.”
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
red1066 8/13/2020 5:30:24 PM (No. 508876)
I don't get the purpose in blocking a highway. Whose the first person to become roadkill to stop traffic? All their doing is pissing off people who will vote against their cause.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
hershey 8/13/2020 5:32:28 PM (No. 508878)
Sorry for second post but it is NOT time for the Federal Govt to step in...that is JUST what they want so they can paint Trump as a 'bad guy' before the election...my take would be let the locals and State handle it until Trump is elected and in office then he can step in and kick some azzz....
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
DVC 8/13/2020 6:43:10 PM (No. 508953)
Get a semi, rig a cow catcher on the front and head for the Expressway.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
chefrandy 8/13/2020 6:49:48 PM (No. 508961)
Gentlemen, start your engines....
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
MickTurn 8/13/2020 7:56:08 PM (No. 509055)
Great Idea, I think we'll be having heavy tractor trailer carrying earth movers going down the highway...remember they can't stop inside of 300 feet...and they go really fast!
Get in the way and "SQUISH"!
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If I had the skills I would develop an app which alerts the public, as far in advance as possible, of highways being blocked for "peaceful protests".