Election Day 2020 Riots Chicago

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Election day 2020 riots chicago. Not even when the victims are women and children. Chicago police are prepared for any civil unrest surrounding tuesday s election city officials said over the weekend. Now those same windows are hidden behind a wall of wood panels painted bright orange.

Protests on election. Amid a pandemic that has claimed more than 230 000 american lives cost millions of jobs and upended the election day itself it is thought a record turnout cast their ballot for donald trump or. November 3 2020 updated.

The 2020 united states election protests are an ongoing series of protests across multiple cities in the united states following the 2020 united states presidential election between incumbent donald trump and challenger joe biden. 3 2020 in los angeles. Buzzfeed news has journalists around the us bringing you trustworthy stories on the 2020 elections.

Twenty nine people were shot this weekend including four women and two teens. Troops from the illinois national guard are in chicago if there are riots or civil unrest after election day according to gov. The election was held on november 3 2020 but a high number of mail in ballots delayed results in swing states.

Chicago more concerned about election protests than murders. A full day after election day neither candidate had. Pritzker asked national guard troops in his state to go to chicago in anticipation of riots.

There will be a zero tolerance for criminality during this time said. Various media outlets projected joe biden the winner after provisional vote counts gave him over 270 electoral votes on november 7. Buzzfeed news received over 100 pages of documents from the chicago police department as well as a video showing how police in the most populous city in the midwest are preparing for unrest on election night.