Multiple demonstrators arrested at protest outside of Israeli consulate near Democratic convention

Multiple anti-Israel protesters were arrested outside of the Israeli consulate in Chicago on Tuesday night, where some demonstrators were seen burning the American flag amid the second night of the Democratic convention. 

Chicago police arrested 13 people on the first night of the convention on Monday, according to Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling. Most of the protesters that were arrested had broken through a security fence near the convention.

Approximately 200 protesters were seen outside of the Israeli consulate on Tuesday, according to CBS News. At least three people were arrested, but it was not immediately clear why the arrests occurred. The department said it would not arrest or react to people burning the American flag, unless it posed a danger to the public, because flag burning is protected under the First Amendment. 

The demonstrators were part of the group Behind Enemy Line, who advertised on fliers that they wanted protests like the ones outside of the 1968 Democratic convention in protest of the war in Vietnam.

The group accused Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris of being "complicit in genocide" of Palestinians, and accused the United States of engaging in "anti-imperialist agitation."

"Our responsibility to the people of the world is to actually confront this convention, and yes, take risks to do so," the group wrote on its website.

Misty Severi is an evening news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.