Thousands of people filled several city blocks in and around Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago--cheering, banging drums and waving upside-down American flags in the air to signal what they see as a ...

“The vast majority of protesters were there for a peaceful purpose,” Poloncarz wrote at about 8:45 p.m., “but as I stated earlier, we had reason to believe not all did.” Tensions turned high.

But peaceful protests only last so long when no tangible results are produced. While nothing is inevitable because human choice is always involved in decision-making, the lack of positive government ...

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