Thursday, May 3, 2012

NATO Summit Protesters

  • A priest whose church is in the shadow of McCormick Place is inviting NATO Summit protestors to camp on his lawn. Rev.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • Joliet, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Corrections says it wont reopen the Joliet prison to house protesters arrested during this months NATO summit.
  • (MyFox Chicago)
  • Even though the May Day rally Tuesday had 1,000 to 1,500 protesters demonstrating peacefully in the Loop, organizers said don't expect the same for the NATO summit.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart last week floated the idea of using the closed Joliet prison later if the number of protesters arrested at the NATO summit exceeds his jail capacity.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • April 30, 2012. Chicago.
  • (Examiner)
  • Portions of Lake Shore Drive and Interstate 55 will be closed to traffic during the May 20-21 NATO summit to accommodate a security perimeter imposed by the U.S. Secret Service to protect world leaders meeting at McCormick Place, protesters were told Tuesday.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)
  • CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • April 30, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- The start of the NATO summit in Chicago is about three weeks away. In this Intelligence Report: Why Tuesday, May 1, is considered the unofficial start of the protest against NATO.
  • (Abc Local Web)

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