Unfortunately I can't get down there due to some medical issues I am having *grrrrr grumble grumble* :-( I have been watching from afar and so far things have been peaceful. They arrested 3 people on trumped up charges Thursday in an attempt to intimidate protestors. The big protest is tomorrow near McCormick Place. From what I am hearing, the police are out there big time in full riot gear (sucks to be them since it is also 97 degrees today *snicker*) Some are jokily saying there are more police than protestors. They have a big protest today, Healthcare not Warfare at the Boeng HQ downtown. There was also a big rally (Tom Morello played at it) in Daley Plaza where there was a big rally of Nurses (they said something like 10,000+ nurses showed up...some from other states obviously). I was watching that livestream....I can post feeds as soon as I can find them again.
Info on the arrests: This is from the national Lawyers Guild, who defend occupy protesters... https://www.facebook.com/notes/occupy-chicago-press-relations/nlg-releases-n onato-raid-photos-threatens-legal-action-against-city-if-arrestees/355360537 860447 http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2012/05/19/three-chicago-nato-summit-activists-c harged-with-conspiracy-to-commit-terrorism-providing-material-support-for-te rrorism/ Earlier this week...the same guys were stopped by Chicago Police and harassed and threatened: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TudIyxxAboA A good video released by Occupy Portland on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB10DF2Pbl8 This ties in well with our NDAA discussion http://betweenthelines.blogspot.com/2012/05/terrorism-charges-for-chicago-an ti-nato.html The "Official" stories on the arrests: http://www.suntimes.com/news/12635179-761/nato-3-had-targeted-obama-campaign -hq-rahms-house-police-stations-prosecutors-say.html http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/19/11765588-attacks-on-chicago-pol ice-stations-obama-office-were-planned-prosecutors-say?lite Pics from Friday and today via occupy Chicago: http://occupywallst.org/article/today-chicago-health-care-not-warfare-watch- live/ (this has a link to a livestream of events going on around the city...the button is on the toolbar up top) Pic of Tom Morello anf the Nurse's Rally: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=369550743103518&set=a.36949691644223 4.87363.100001457865597&type=1&theater Pic of Chicago Police from last night: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2865440934987&set=a.1021509917864.32 38.1828697981&type=1&theater -----Original Message----- From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 3:28 PM To: cf-community Subject: NATO Protests Hey Eric have you been downtown? What are you seeing? Not hearing too much chatter, but the city did a lot to prevent real protest prior to the convention. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/may/18/nato-summit-t emplate-policing-other-chicago?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350924 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
