Pro-Hamas protestors swarmed the Israeli consulate in Chicago Tuesday evening cursing against the Jewish nation while wearing black riot gear before burning an American flag.
The event marks the second consecutive day of anti-Israel and anti-DNC protesting in the Windy City.
The group was a part of the ‘Make it Great Like ’68!’ protest that was advertised during the first day of anti-DNC demonstrations.
The anti-Israel demonstration was advertised as a way to ‘shut down the DNC for Gaza.’
Videos of the event show a violent and angry crowd of protestors aggressively confronting police – screaming in their faces in blatant attempts to escalate the tension.
Eventually a group of activists circled up, laid an American flag out on the concrete and doused it in flammable liquid before setting it ablaze before the police, media and pedestrians around.
A man can be seen in footage from the chaos going into the circle of onlooking protestors trying to rescue Old Glory for a fiery end.
His efforts were thwarted by protestors who blocked him from retrieving the American banner.
As the mayhem continued police moved in to quash the protest.
Videos show agitated activists getting in the officer’s faces, screaming at them and praising the Palestinian war effort.
Later protestors upped the ante and were shoving police to the pavement.
Additional police forces were moved in wearing riot gear, donning helmets with face-protecting visors and enhanced body armor.
The confrontation ended in a number of arrests and police were seen taken several activists into custody.
It was the second day in a row the Chicago protests led to apprehensions.
On Monday thousands of protestors descended on the city for the ‘March on the DNC.’
The event brought so many people hundreds of officers were on duty to contain the demonstrations should they go awry, which they did.
Monday evening protestors were arrested after breaching the outermost perimeter of the Democratic convention.
Scores of law enforcement dressed in riot gear eventually pushed protestors from the broken barricade and repaired it as the remaining activists left the scene.
The Chicago Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.