After Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said federal officials requested troops to be sent to Chicago, officials are urging the public not to escalate tensions.

What’s more, both Pritzker and Attorney General Kwame Raoul urged residents to record interactions with federal agents, and to engage in peaceful protests so as not to give the Trump administration justification to continue sending in more agents and federal troops.

“There is no emergency in Chicago. Don’t help (President Donald Trump) create one,” Raoul said. “Exercise your First Amendment rights, but do so peacefully, without violence or destruction.”

Pritzker said that he had received word the Department of Homeland Security had requested 100 military personnel be sent to Illinois to assist with providing security for buildings and

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