OAN Staff James Meyers
1:24 PM – Tuesday, August 20, 2024
According to multiple reports, at least four Chicago hotels were the subject of a bomb threat on Tuesday. This comes on the second day of the Democratic National Convention.
Fox 32 Chicago reported that police responded with K-9 dogs to at least one of the hotels following an email claiming there would be pipe bombs at the buildings.
The threats mentioned included “anti-Semitic statements” for the four-day DNC happening at the United Center.
“Police and K-9’s at the Nobu Hotel in west loop … our news desk received an email claiming a pipe bomb threat at this and three other west loop / near west side hotels,” the local TV channel’s political correspondent Paris Schutz reported on X.
Meanwhile, the opening day of the convention on Monday was hit with protesters breaking through a security fence near the site.
The protests came as thousands of anti-Israel protesters took to the streets to voice their opposition in the Israel-Hamas war.
Several protesters who had managed to get through the fence were detained and handcuffed by authorities.
However, officers had to put on gas masks as some protesters tried to bring down a second fence set up in front of police.
Additionally, authorities said the inner security perimeter surrounding the convention site was not breached and there was no threat to those attending the convention.
According to Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling, some of the protesters who took down the fence threw water bottles and other items at police.
“When you have people infiltrate a crowd and they want to commit acts of violence, vandalism we are going to stop them,” said Snelling.
“We are not going to tolerate anyone who is going to vandalize things in our city.”
The Chicago Police Department told the New York Post: “The U.S. Secret Service is aware of threats made to various locations in the Downtown area. Law enforcement personnel are screening the affected areas and examining the credibility of the threat.”
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