Los estudiantes se organizaron a través de internet para acudir en masa (erán mas de mil) al Pabellon Chicago para protestar énergicamente en contra de Donald Trump y sus seguidores. El plan orquestado consistía en crear el caos, el desorden, atacar a los seguidores de Trump gritando improperios de todo tipo, a la vez que enarbolaban pancartas con consignas anti-Trump. El objetivo principal era impedir que se efectuara el encuentro de Donald Trump con mas de 20 mil de sus seguidores. El plan de los estudiantes fue muy efectivo. Lograron el objetivo y están cantando victoria a través de los medios.
Fue un verdadero acto de repudio, algo que yo pensé que jamás vería en este país. Una tremenda violación al derecho que tenemos todos a la libertad de reunión y de expresión.
Donald J. Trump está en todo su derecho, como ciudadano y como candidato presidencial a reunirse con un grupo de sus seguidores y expresar libremente sus criterios y proposiciones para resolver los problemas que nos afectan a todos. Este derecho fue violado por un grupo de jóvenes que al parecer, a pesar de su nivel universitario no conocen la Constitución de este país, o si la conocen, actuan ex-profeso e impunemente en contra de ésta.
Creo que esos jóvenes están respondiendo a intereses políticos, sociales y económicos de los grupos anti Trump no solo de izquierda sino también del ala extremista del GOP.
Todos tenemos derecho a la libertad de expresión siempre y cuando este derecho no viole los derechos de otros a expresarse libremente. Los organizadores de la campaña de D. Trump, escogieron el lugar y la hora del encuentro previo acuerdo con la Universidad y con los simpatizantes de Donald Trump. Ese espacio debió respetarse, no era el lugar para manifestaciones anti Trump.
Mas que una manifestación pasiva, fue un acto de violación, una provocación a todas luces en busca de respuestas violentas. Si no se toman las medidas adecuadas, este acto sentará terribles precedentes en estas elecciones y las venideras.
Esos muchachos, si querían expresar su repudio a Donald Trump, debieron manifestarse pasivamente en las afueras del Pabellón. Está claro que el objetivo era crear el caos, provocar la violencia, la indisciplina social, evitar que Donal Trump hablara, callarlo desafiándolo públicamente y con ello crear un estado de exhaltación, de indignación, de respuesta violenta por parte de los que se sintieron agredidos en sus sagrados derechos de la libertad de expresión y de reunión que nos da la Constitución de este país. Vieja táctica empleada en el mundo entero por parte de la izquierda. Violan los derechos de otros y cuando estos responden entonces se presentan cómo víctimas.
Los medios de comunicación y los otros candidatos republicanos: Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, y J. Kasich, inmeditamanete salieron a señalar a Trump como responsable de lo sucedido. Qué pena!
Me pregunto ¿Qué pasará si los seguidores de Donald Trump, cansados de tanta suciedad nos dedicamos a boicotear los mítines de los otros candidatos usando los mismos métodos de provocación y violación de derechos? ¿O es que acaso por ser cristianos tenemos que permitir que nos ultrajen descaradamente? Creo que es hora ya de parar esto. Todo acto de repudio o de violación de derechos, tiene sus consecuencias. Las autoridades tienen que jugar su papel o vamos camino a una guerra civil.
Todo tiene un límite. Estados Unidos de América está en peligro.Hoy más que nunca se hace evidente que nos quieren destruir como nación. Esa agenda comenzó hace mas de 20 años. Es responsabilidad de todos los que amamos a este país y estamos en contra del socialismo-comunismo, salir a defender nuestra libertad, en las urnas o en las calles si es preciso.
Esperanza E Serrano
Distressing story of what happened when Trump Chicago rally was cancelled
Old protest trick. 4-8 police were required to remove each screaming protester, leaving other protesters unattended.
What really happened at the Chicago rally - My Firsthand Account by ChicagoTrumpAttendee:
At 2:30 p.m., I arrived at the Donald Trump rally located at the UIC pavilion in Chicago, IL. There was light police presence at the Blue Line station, and the pavilion was short walk away. There I waited in line for about an hour until making it to the front doors, going through a security scanner, and finding a seat in the main hall.
For nearly two hours the pavilion filled until it neared capacity. It was clear that protesters were seated around the room, given easily away by their manner of dress. Most of the Trump supporters, being suburbanite or small town white people from outside of Chicago, were dressed strikingly normal—jeans and t-shirts, yoga pants or dresses, and the occasional suit.
The first protestors began around 5:30 when two young white males pulled off their coats to reveal t-shirts with anti-Trump slogans. At this point I noticed the police presence inside the rally was a mere 8 police officers, bolstered with hands-off event staff.
Before 6:00 p.m., a man spoke on the microphone and requested that rally attendees do not touch or harm protesters who interrupt the event. He reminded the protesters that Donald Trump supports the first amendment as much as the second.
Following this was a string of smaller incidents, such as people holding up improvised signs and shouting.
- One entire bleacher row was filled with protesters and they began chanting and throwing around torn up signs.
- A few people who began standing up and screaming, and were slowly escorted out by police. The police kept leaving the protesters unattended throughout this, taking 4-8 officers to escort protesters out one at a time.
- A black man in a black jacket ran up to the front stage, bumped into the podium, and attempted to speak, but was wrestled down by two men in suits. As they escorted him through the crowd, he took a swing at a Trump supporter. The men escorting him were incredibly gentle and restrained themselves from using any force.
At this point, the protesters began to descend into chaos. Aside from a few mild “TRUMP” and “USA” chants, the Trump supporters were mostly quiet and bewildered as the protesters began to scream, chant, and run around the main floor area in a huge pack, flipping off the rally attendees and swearing at them. There were a few tense altercations between the two groups, but from what I saw at this point, no violence.
The rally was instructed to leave the pavilion, and I have to admit, the Chicago Police messed up bad here.
We walked straight out of the building and into enormous packs of protesters screaming at us, with little police presence to protect the Trump supporters.
Following this, I wandered the protest grounds to see what was going on. My memory is a bit jumbled at this point because I was so pumped up, but let me string together the events as clearly as possible:
- Many of Trump propaganda signs, most commonly depicting him as Adolf Hitler, but others showing him with a small penis, simple signs of text English and Spanish, signs.
- Young women shouting anti-white racial epithets.
- “THE PEOPLE ARE UNITED. WE WILL NOT BE DIVIDED” being shouted at Trump supporters who holed themselves up in a parking garage, quietly fearing for their safety. Another good one by the protesters was “FREEDOM FIRST! FREEDOM FIRST!” Strangely enough, there were a good amount of signs calling for peace and freedom. Lots of peace signs being flashed with the fingers.
- A single white Trump supporter who held up a sign and stood quietly as three dozen people surrounded him, smiling and screaming, snatching and pushing at him until he had to run for police cover. Someone grabbed his American flag and threw it on the ground and he fought to recover it. The police escorted him away.
- Two young men, perhaps 17-19, standing quietly as they waited for a ride home. They were wearing their MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN hats, looking terrified as people cursed and swore at them, and occasionally threw furious challenges for debate. The two young men held their ground. Only once did one of those hats come down, and it quickly went back on again.
- A general atmosphere of pleasure and happiness from the protesters. A common chant was “WE WON!” and “WE STUMPED THE TRUMP!” It honestly felt like a social event for the protesters. There was plenty of mingling
- Plenty of shouts at Trump protesters that Trump and his supporters are not welcome in Chicago. I challenged one on the first amendment. He said he does not consider himself an American and continued insulting the grizzled old white man he was arguing with.
- Extremely inefficient police presence. The cops were lined up on their horses or standing behind barricades, but generally were not present where Trump supporters were being hounded and occasionally struck by protesters.
- The protesters were primarily composed of millennial-aged: white hipsters, African Americans, Hispanics, and Muslims. Some of the protesters were teenagers below voting age.
- The protesters flew a big set of American, Mexican, and Puerto Rican flags. There were lots of small American and Mexican flags too. *The Trump supporters mostly fled for safety immediately. You have to understand, they were outnumbered by thousands of protesters.
- There was media presence, but not as much as you’d think. Plenty of areas where chaos was going on had no media nearby. The reporters were mostly getting people to talk to them off to the side where nothing was going on, or focusing ongoing debates between Trump supporters and rally members.
- A small amount of the protesters were smoking weed. (I have nothing against this personally, just included for accuracy.)
- Plenty of chants for “BERNIE! BERNIE! BERNIE!” Some Trump supporters looked at each other in bewilderment. “But Bernie Sanders isn’t even running against Donald Trump,” was the common sentiment.
- Edit: The Trump supporters had a general trust for the police, while the protesters saw their presence as antagonistic. This is especially interesting to me, because as a foreigner and person of color I am generally afraid of police.
Obviously I did not see everything that occurred as I wandered the protest grounds outside the cancelled Chicago rally. What I did see, however, was fear. Fear from the rally attendees for their immediate safety, and fear of Donald Trump from the protesters.
More than that, I feel that I experienced today, for the first time in my life, true totalitarianism and authoritarianism, expressed laterally from citizen to citizen, in order to silence opinions from being shared. This enforcement was shared through sheer numbers and intimidation, and in a few cases, violence.
People brought their children, loved ones, and friends to attend the Trump rally. I saw an older Asian man and his white wife in attendance, and the looks on their faces when the rally was declared cancelled almost broke my heart. I saw scared children clinging to their parents’ sides as they exited the building to the screams of protesters. I saw a quiet, but excited crowd of Donald Trump supporters get thrown out of Chicago.
Worst of all, I saw the first amendment trampled, spit on, and discarded like trash.
This cannot go on. As I finish this, I feel a sense of utter dread and hopelessness for what is becoming of the youth in this country, particularly those of the regressive left. So polarized has political opinion become, that dissenting thoughts on college campuses are now seen as hateful. These people deal in absolutes. They are right, and whatever means they must take to achieve their ends, they will do it. They will not stop themselves from violence or censorship. They will do it, and they will call hell down upon you if anyone dare does upon them the same.
Tonight I went to the Trump Rally to hear the thoughts of not only the man who was supposed to come and speak, but the people who support him. I found respect. I found calmness. I found peace.
The truth is, I am a legal immigrant, not a US citizen. I am not American. I am not white. I cannot vote.
After tonight, I support Donald Trump.
Lastly, (Link: imgur.com) for anyone who thinks the protesters didn’t incite violence tonight, I offer you this.
