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by Matthew Blake
4:47pm
Thu May 10, 2012

Occupy Chicago Outlines NATO Protests (VIDEO)

Occupy Chicago says thousands of protesters will go to Chicago next week before the city hosts the NATO summit, May 20 and 21. While Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel views the summit as raising Chicago’s profile, Occupy thinks the event will call attention to their concerns and invigorate the Occupy Wall Street movement that started last fall.

Quick Hit
by Matthew Blake
4:21pm
Tue Jan 17, 2012

Many Unknowns, Police Say, For NATO/G8 Summits

Chicago Police Department leadership has pretty broad guesses about what security will be needed for the NATO and G8 summits, how many people will come in to Chicago to attend the summits, and who might be arrested for protesting the summit.

“This is a federal, White House event and we don’t have a lot of information at this time,” said Debra Kirby, the police department’s chief of international relations in response to questions posed by Ald. Ed Burke (14th) at a city council Budget and Government Operations committee hearing today. The NATO and G8 summits will be held at McCormick Place more or less simultaneously, May 19-21.

“Frankly, it leaves a lot of unknown questions at this time,” she added.

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