Who holds the blame for the events in Chicago?

[Mr. Illini]

Unlike Green Line, I am quite proud of my city and state this week.

I don't understand the eagerness of many in this thread to blame the protesters for apparently suppressing Trump's free speech.

He decided to host his rally in the city of Chicago. He chose to do it on one of our university campuses.

He and his team knew well that it is a city (and a setting, being a university) that is sure to be unfriendly to him. The protest for the event had more RSVPs than the event itself.

Despite this, the university and city allowed him to book and populate the venue for his speech, enabling his right to free speech.

Being the setting that it was, the event was met with swift and strong protest. Protesters were utilizing their own right to free speech. There were some cases of fist fights - unclear of which side was initiating them - but the event was shut down largely because it was entirely disrupted by dissent. The Donald's campaign was never informed of any security threat, according to CPD.

It was made clear that Trump isn't welcome here. Not very sorry about it.