18 Aug 2024 8:35 pm
LET IT BURN
Several downtown Chicago businesses have been boarded up as concerns run high over protests and potential unrest as the Democratic National Convention (DNC) kicks off on Monday.
"We have experience with this, and the city doesn't have a great track record with protecting their businesses or their citizens' property. So we want to be preemptive and board up and in advance of the Democratic convention," Scott Shapiro, owner of Syd Jerome, told Fox News as he boarded up his business.
The convention will run from Monday through Thursday at the United Center and McCormick Place.
Several downtown Chicago businesses have been boarded up as concerns run high over protests and potential unrest as the Democratic National Convention (DNC) kicks off on Monday.
"We have experience with this, and the city doesn't have a great track record with protecting their businesses or their citizens' property. So we want to be preemptive and board up and in advance of the Democratic convention," Scott Shapiro, owner of Syd Jerome, told Fox News as he boarded up his business.
The convention will run from Monday through Thursday at the United Center and McCormick Place.