Hot Summer days of July are fast approaching!

This July in Cleveland and then Philadelphia the two major political
parties will put on their 'pageants", their conventions, to choose
their presidential nominees.

The battles will be no ho-hum affairs, leading candidates Hillary Clinton
and Donald Trump have others nipping at their toes to stop them from being
nominated.

But, more than the expected political infighting will be the protesters going
to both conventions scheduled one week apart.

But, these may not be traditional protestors that normal law enforcement is
able to control.  This July the people protesting at the conventions will be
"anarchists" deployed to disrupt both conventions.

We have seen them come out in force at Trump rallies using his over the top
bombast to justify their efforts to shut them down going over the line of our
First Amendment protection. 

Anarchists are nothing new, they have always been around, do intended destruction,
than go away. Only today they have more muscle, financially backed, professionally
organized and will be a force that civilian authorities may be unable to control.

Those old enough to remember protests at the 1968 Democrat convention in Chicago
know what can occur. But, 2016 is not 1968. It can be much worse.

In 1968 there was strong justification to protest, the issue was an undeclared war
in Vietnam that cost 56,000 lives. And the protesters were not anarchists, simply
anti-war citizens protected by the Constitution.

Today, the protest is against free speech, not an unpopular war. Nor do anarchists
have regard for the Constitution which they will ignore when it suits them.

There is another stark difference between 1968 and 2016, the neutering of law
enforcement by civilian authorities. We can no longer expect law enforcement to
protect citizens and property as we once did.

In recent years police have been instructed to restrain from confronting protesters
and let them "get it out of their system". If Trump is the nominee it will not be a
surprise if property damage occurs as well.

In 1968 Chicago Mayor Richard Daley had cops confront and even beat protesters which
nearly destroyed the city and ended his political career. This was how Chicago was 'governed". Don't expect confrontations like this in Cleveland where Republicans
will hold their convention.

Aside from the difference in law enforcement, protests this year can be much worse,
groups are efficiently organized with social media driving an anti-American sentiment.
They are bolder and antagonistic seeking confrontation!

I don't think it will end pretty.  Cleveland can become Ferguson and Baltimore  times ten.