“I hope to God I’m wrong, but there are 7,000 known gang members in Chicago and they aren’t going to miss an opportunity like this,” says Paul Huebl, a former police officer in the city and now a respected author and crime blogger.
“Police officers will be gravely outnumbered and outgunned and placed in danger.
“There is no way to protect businesses. Parents and kids are going to think they’re going to a party and they’re going to end up getting hurt.”
More than a million people are said to be planning to celebrate the expected election of the first black President of the United States.
Just 65,000 will be allowed inside a security cordon to see Obama on stage inside the city’s scenic Grant Park, which borders the shores of Lake Michigan.
But hundreds of thousands more are expected in the vicinity, and there are fears that whether Obama wins or loses, looting and gun violence will flare.
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Last summer, Grant Park hosted the ‘Taste of Chicago’ food festival. Four were shot, one fatally.
In 1992, hundreds of police officers were hurt when riots flared during sporting celebrations for the Chicago Bulls.
A year later, when the Bulls triumphed again, there were more riots - this time four people were killed.
There was another riot in Grant Park when pop band Sly and the Family Stone cancelled a concert.
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