--- title: Trump Rally: How Sanders Supporters Shut Down Chicago Event description: Hundreds of protesters invaded Trump's rally on Friday while thousands more marched outside, leading the GOP candidate to cancel the event canonical: https://time.com/4256662/sanders-supporters-shut-down-trump-chicago-rally/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-12T19:41:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T15:51:17.530Z article:section: Politics og:title: How Sanders Supporters Shut Down Trump's Chicago Rally og:description: The scale and organization of this Trump protest set it apart from others og:url: https://time.com/4256662/sanders-supporters-shut-down-trump-chicago-rally/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e48e92ad9909eb4/69888abf0b72e37a376e8813/514908468.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Security Concerns Postpone Trump Rally og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: How Sanders Supporters Shut Down Trump's Chicago Rally twitter:description: The scale and organization of this Trump protest set it apart from others twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4e48e92ad9909eb4/69888abf0b72e37a376e8813/514908468.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # How Bernie Sanders Supporters Shut Down Donald Trump's Chicago Rally by [Alex Seitz-Wald/NBC](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Alex Seitz-Wald/NBC Mar 12, 2016 7:41 PM UTC  Demonstrators celebrate after it was announced that a rally with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the University of Illinois at Chicago would be postponed on March 11 in Chicago, Illinois. Demonstrators celebrate after it was announced that a rally with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the University of Illinois at Chicago would be postponed on March 11 in Chicago, Illinois.Scott Olson/Getty Images by [Alex Seitz-Wald/NBC](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Alex Seitz-Wald/NBC Mar 12, 2016 7:41 PM UTC When Ja’Mal Green, a prominent black activist and Bernie Sanders supporter in Chicago, saw that Donald Trump was coming to the University of Illinois-Chicago, he knew what he had to do. “Everyone, get your tickets to this. We’re all going in!!!! ‪#‎SHUTITDOWN‬,” he posted on Facebook last week. Little did he know, they actually would shut it down. On Friday night, hundreds of protesters invaded Trump’s rally while thousands more marched outside, leading the GOP presidential candidate to abruptly cancel the event due to safety concerns. The night spun out from there, as angry Trump fans clashed with protesters, who … [Read the rest of the story on NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/how-bernie-sanders-supporters-shut-down-donald-trump-s-rally-n537191?cid=par-time%5F20160312). 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