FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Anti-Israel protesters broke through the first fence in the Secret Service perimeter around the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Monday evening. Daily Signal reporters Tim Kennedy and Tony Kinnett were on the scene live as it happened.
The reporters captured footage of an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protester cutting part of the perimeter fence:
Protesters began lining the fence and banging against it:
Ultimately, the protesters broke through the perimeter, and according to Kennedy, there was only one fence separating them from the United Center where the convention is being held:
The police arrived in riot gear and pushed protesters and press out of the street and behind the perimeter:
Police cleared the street of protesters and attempted to reinstall the Secret Service barrier:
Protesters began to carry away the barriers they had torn down, apparently to prevent police from putting them back up:
Chicago Police marched to a park where a crowd of Antifa and anti-Israel protestors were still gathered following their attempted entry into the Secret Service perimeter:
Later Monday evening, the Chicago Police Department issued a statement saying that law enforcement immediately contained the situation and that while the outer perimeter fence was breached, the inner perimeter was not and that there was never a threat to official protectees. The department did not indicate if any arrests were made.
President Joe Biden is slated to speak at the convention Monday night.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
