New protests outside the DNC after additional fencing built in response to pro-Palestinian protesters breaching outer barrier

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Crews installed an additional line of security fences outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago early Tuesday in the area where, a day earlier, demonstrators breached an outer perimeter fence.

Hours later, during the second night of the convention, new protests broke out in the streets of Chicago and included some clashes with police.

About a dozen workers installed a third row of fencing stretching east on Washington Boulevard from the area that was breached. The new row is in between two that had been in place.

The added security measure comes a day after a group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, rallying against US support for Israel in its war against Hamas, split off from a larger protest march and breached a security fence near the United Center.

Members of this smaller group waved Palestinian flags, held up signs reading “Victory to the Palestinian struggle!” and chanted “Biden, Harris, you can’t hide, you’re funding a genocide,” video of the scene shows.

Protests over Israel’s war on Hamas following the group’s October 7 attacks have led to demonstrations around the country calling for an immediate ceasefire. Some of those demonstrations have been blatantly antisemitic, with some protesters voicing support for Hamas, drawing condemnation from Biden and Harris.

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