Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with police near Chicago’s Israeli consulate on second night of DNC [Video]

Multiple pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested Tuesday after clashing with police during a protest that began outside the Israeli consulate and spilled out onto the surrounding streets on the second night of the Democratic National Convention.Video above: Protesters unveil banner during Biden’s DNC speechThe intense confrontations with officers began minutes into the demonstration, after some protesters – many dressed in black, their faces covered – charged at a line of police that had blocked the group from marching. They eventually moved past the officers, but were penned in several times throughout the night by police in riot gear who did not allow protesters to disperse.The Chicago chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, which provided legal observers for Tuesday’s protests, said at least 72 people were arrested.A large portion of the arrests happened at the end of the night, as police pinned the remaining demonstrators – some of whom said they were …