{"id":37324,"date":"2016-03-12T08:48:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T14:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=37324"},"modified":"2016-03-16T17:46:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T22:46:27","slug":"outside-trump-rally-protesters-shout-down-hate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/outside-trump-rally-protesters-shout-down-hate\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside Trump rally, protesters shout down hate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Harry Huggins<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Video by Nikita Mandhani and Bian Elkhatib <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Thousands of protesters gathered outside GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump\u2019s rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion Friday afternoon and evening. As fellow protesters inside disrupted the event and eventually contributed to its postponement, the outside protesters chanted insults about Trump and his supporters for hours.<\/p>\n<p>Helicopters circled and police on horseback and bikes penned protesters in a corner outside the rally\u2019s entrance as protesters shouted:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNo Trump! No KKK! No fascist U.S.A.!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump, Trump, you can\u2019t hide! We can see your greedy side!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop Donald Trump!\u201d<\/p>\n<div ID=\"related\">\n<h3>TRUMP RALLY COVERAGE<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/outside-trump-rally-protesters-shout-down-hate\/\">Outside Trump rally, protesters shout down hate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/protesters-shut-down-trump-rally-take-back-chicago\/\">Protesters inside shut down Trump rally, \u2018take back\u2019 Chicago<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/trump-chicago-rally-cancellation-prompts-chaos-on-uic-campus\/\">Rally&#8217;s cancellation prompts chaos on UIC campus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/meet-some-of-trumps-supporters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Meet some of Trump&#8217;s supporters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/an-inside-look-into-one-students-protest-of-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\">An inside look into one student&#8217;s protest of Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Miguel Del Toral, who helped organize the protest, said that organizers had little time to plan a response, so he called on a wide range of communities within UIC and Chicago to work together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to show Trump that hate speech, sexism, racism, is not tolerated on this campus,\u201d Del Toral said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Preparations<\/strong><br \/>\n(Click on image for larger view.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpmf-gallerys wpmf-gallerys-life\"><div id=\"gallery-1\" class=\"gallery gallery_life wpmf_gallery_default gallery_default none gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full gallery-link-post wpmf-has-border-radius-0 wpmf-gutterwidth-5 no_ratio\"><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"0\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-3-768x1024.jpg\" title=\"TraumpRally-3\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"TraumpRally-3\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-3.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-3.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Protesters at Donald Trump&#8217;s rally openly criticized his words and policies as racist. (Harry Huggins\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"1\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-1-1024x581.jpg\" title=\"TraumpRally-1\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"TraumpRally-1\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-1.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Students from DePaul University joined protesters at UIC to shut down Donald Trump&#8217;s rally. (Harry Huggins\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"2\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-5-1024x561.jpg\" title=\"TraumpRally-5\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"TraumpRally-5\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-5.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-5.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">UIC students gathered on their quad before protesting the Donald Trump rally. (Harry Huggins\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"3\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-4-1-1024x768.jpg\" title=\"TraumpRally-4\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"TraumpRally-4\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-4-1.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-4-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Ethan Viets Van-Lier leads student protesters in chants and poems before the Trump rally Friday. (Harry Huggins\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Student protesters gathered at UIC\u2019s quad nearby the UIC Pavilion before the rally to agree on chants and listen to speakers. Ethan Viets Van-Lier led the assembly.\u201cWe\u2019ve got at least 100 people inside Trump\u2019s rally right now, ready to shut it down!\u201d Viets Van-Lier cried. \u201cWe have to be loud so we can scare that motherf&#8212;er so he will not come back to this city! Hey hey! Ho ho! Donald Trump has got to go!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Kaplan, a student at UIC, carried a sign that read, \u201cXenophobia is not a good foreign policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we can come out here and peacefully exercise our First Amendment rights without doing anything illegal, that will make a big statement,\u201d Kaplan said. \u201cI don\u2019t want someone this xenophobic, sexist and racist to be commander-in-chief. It was cute in the beginning, but now what used to be frat humor is starting to get really scary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tara Levins, another UIC student, said that as much as Trump has the right to speak his mind, the protesters can speak theirs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiversity is like the tagline for UIC,\u201d Levins said. \u201cOpen up a brochure or try to apply here and that\u2019s what they keep hammering home: diversity, diversity, diversity. To have Trump here just goes against what this whole campus is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kaplan, Levins and many of the protesters wore buttons or carried signs supporting Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, representing one group that showed up for the protest. Other groups included Black Lives Matter, the Fearless Undocumented Alliance, the UIC Black Student Union and Black Youth Project 100. Conspicuously absent were any vocal Clinton supporters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The March<\/strong><br \/>\n(Click on image for larger view.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpmf-gallerys wpmf-gallerys-life\"><div id=\"gallery-2\" class=\"gallery gallery_life wpmf_gallery_default gallery_default none gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large gallery-link-post wpmf-has-border-radius-0 wpmf-gutterwidth-5 no_ratio\"><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"0\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-7-768x1024.jpg\" title=\"TraumpRally-7\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"TraumpRally-7\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-7-768x1024.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-7-768x1024.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Protesters marched from UIC&#8217;s campus to Donald Trump&#8217;s rally. (Harry Huggins\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"1\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-8-1024x768.jpg\" title=\"TraumpRally-8\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"TraumpRally-8\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-8-1024x768.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-8-1024x768.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Protesters marched from UIC&#8217;s campus to Donald Trump&#8217;s rally. (Harry Huggins\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"2\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-9-1024x768.jpg\" title=\"TraumpRally-9\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"TraumpRally-9\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-9-1024x768.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-9-1024x768.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Protesters marched from UIC&#8217;s campus to Donald Trump&#8217;s rally. (Harry Huggins\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"3\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-10-1024x768.jpg\" title=\"TraumpRally-10\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Star Wars Sign\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-10-1024x768.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-10-1024x768.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Protesters got creative and humorous with some signs  during their march Friday. (Harry Huggins\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"4\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-11-768x1024.jpg\" title=\"TraumpRally-11\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"4\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"TraumpRally-11\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-11-768x1024.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-11-768x1024.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Some protesters put on costumes to underline the alleged racism of Donald Trump. (Harry Huggins\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"5\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-12-1024x768.jpg\" title=\"TraumpRally-12\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"5\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"TraumpRally-12\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-12-1024x768.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-12-1024x768.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Protesters lined Harrison Street and shouted at Trump supporters lining up to get into his rally. (Harry Huggins\/Medill)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<p>At 5 p.m., the student protesters filed out of their staging area and marched across the quad and onto Harrison Street. There the protesters faced their first Trump supporters of the night, lining up around the block to enter the rally inside UIC Pavilion. They also met a wall of police officers preventing the two sides &#8212; protesters and supporters &#8212; from clashing.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters carried signs that fell into three categories: those calling Trump a racist outright, those mocking his general existence and those comparing him to Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 158751214 w=474]<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Video: Protesters gather outside UIC Pavilion to protest against Donald Trump&#8217;s rally in Chicago. (Bian Elkhatib and Nikita Mandhani\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n<p>At the Pavilion entrance, a smaller group of non-student protesters joined the student group after listening to speeches from local politicians, including U.S. Rep. Luis Guti\u00e9rrez.<\/p>\n<p>During the march, three young men in matching white t-shirts ran out the door of the Pavilion and joined up with the protesters. The three were kicked out of the rally for revealing shirts that read \u201cMuslims United Against Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were only planning a silent protest,\u201d said Jordan Vestal, one of the three. He claimed that the Secret Service officer escorting them out asked him, \u201cDid you remember to bring your suicide vest?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tensions at the Line<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wpmf-gallerys wpmf-gallerys-life\"><div id=\"gallery-3\" class=\"gallery gallery_life wpmf_gallery_default gallery_default none gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large gallery-link-post wpmf-has-border-radius-0 wpmf-gutterwidth-5 no_ratio\"><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"0\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-16-1024x766.jpg\" title=\"TraumpRally-16\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Flags\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-16-1024x766.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-16-1024x766.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Protesters wave flags after Donald Trump postponed his rally Friday in Chicago. (Harry Huggins\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"1\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-15-1024x610.jpg\" title=\"TraumpRally-15\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Horses\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-15-1024x610.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-15-1024x610.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Protesters faced mounted police and barricades outside Donald Trump&#8217;s rally Friday. (Harry Huggins\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"2\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-14-768x1024.jpg\" title=\"TraumpRally-14\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Supporter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-14-768x1024.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-14-768x1024.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Trump supporter Dan Peterson confronts protesters outside the rally. (Harry Huggins\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wpmf-gallery-item\" data-index=\"3\"><div class=\"wpmf-gallery-icon\"><div class=\"square_thumbnail\"><div class=\"img_centered\"><a class=\" not_video noLightbox\" data-lightbox=\"0\" data-href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-13-1024x768.jpg\" title=\"TraumpRally-13\" target=\"_self\" data-index=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wpmf_img\" alt=\"Kicked Out\" src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-13-1024x768.jpg\" data-type=\"wpmfgalleryimg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/TraumpRally-13-1024x768.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text gallery-caption\">Three men were kicked out of Donald Trump&#8217;s rally before many people even got in. (Harry Huggins\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<p>The protesters congregated outside the main entrance to the Pavilion and faced the Trump supporters entering the rally. A mobile tower of megaphones supplied a constant soundtrack of chants for the thousands gathered.<\/p>\n<p>Among them stood a lone Trump supporter, Dan Peterson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came out to go see if he has any new policy ideas,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cWhen I hear people being ridiculous, making Hitler comparisons, I want to talk reasonably, have a dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When people around him learned Peterson was a Trump supporter, they turned on him and called him a racist. He engaged every protester who did so, asking, \u201cWhy are you so hateful?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police officers seemed to sympathize with the protesters, even while barricading the street. One officer chatted with people he knew in the crowd, while another nodded along with the chants and speeches.<\/p>\n<p>When the event organizers closed the doors, police allowed protesters to filter in next to the line of Trump supporters left out of the rally. Confrontations between the pro- and anti-Trump people escalated into some shouting matches, but remained nonviolent.<\/p>\n<p>When a dozen police officers suddenly rushed into the Pavilion, responding to the fights breaking out inside, the protesters began pushing past the police barricades. Cheers broke out as word spread that Trump had postponed the rally.<\/p>\n<p>The protest began to dwindle when the flow of people leaving the Pavilion slowed to a trickle of mostly police officers. The final, loudest chant of the night:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stopped Trump!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: Protesters marched from UIC&#8217;s campus to Donald Trump&#8217;s rally chanting and carrying signs. 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