I live close to the UIC pavilion and arrived after work. The people at the rally, inside the pavilion, were mostly anti-Trump and the protesters across the street were anti-Trump as well. The pavilion is where UIC has their basketball arena and quite a large area for a Republican Rally in the heart of Democratic Chicago. UIC is also one of the most diverse schools in the country and its student population is not anywhere near the demographics that support Trump which include a large immigrant Muslim population. Most students knew about who was coming and where Trump would be speaking. Chicago and UIC police were present around the pavilion with 10-15 mounted police in front separating the protesters and rally goers. The majority of the rally goers actually had anti-Trump signs which in addition to the lack of police inside the pavilion helped make the decision to cancel the rally easier. Most signs were anti-hate and included "No islamophobia", "The Gang of Hate" and "Dump the Trump". It was relatively peaceful in reality considering heil Hitler mimicking and few real Trump supporters in the crowds. The pro-Trump signs were few not racist with "Trump for President" or " Veterans for Trump" signs appearing in the crowd leaving the pavilion.
A few instances where injuries occurred happened when the anti-Trump protestors tried to tear down Trump and convince his supporters of the evils of racism and anti-Muslim sentiment. One UIC Muslim student had a verbal tiff with a Trump supporter and everyone crowded around pushing and shoving to see and hear the scene which was the most uncontrolled and unsafe part of the situation and repeated elsewhere. Most UIC students left feeling proud that they were able to protest what they believe in and shut down a rally on their campus for a widely perceived racist.
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