(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — United Center neighbors continue to feel the impact of the DNC.
West Side residents living just outside the large fenced-in perimeter of the DNC said that protest activity has been fairly disruptive. A small neighborhood park has been used as a free speech zone, parking is limited, and traffic causes headaches.
While there have been some minor incidents of stray demonstrators walking on residential lawns, protesters have mostly been kept on the streets and off the sidewalks.
Still, the footprint of the DNC has caused additional confusion for neighbors, some unsure if they are allowed to even leave their block. Some were reluctantly peeking around corners and trying to remain inconspicuous.
Reassuring them that this is their neighborhood, WBBM’s Brandon Ison invited a few to walk around with us and check things out. Vanessa Morgan walked over to the corner of Madison and Paulina streets, which has become kind of a free speech midway at one of the main security perimeter entrances.
Morgan felt inspired to share what was on her mind.
“Why can't we agree to discipline? Why is there war anyway? Why is there, what's the need for war? What does it prove? What does it solve?”
The March on the DNC took place on the West Side for the last night of the convention.
There were no arrests on Wednesday, and police are hoping for more of the same on the final day of the convention.
Listen to WBBM Newsradio now on Audacy!
Sign up and follow WBBM Newsradio
Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok