NATO protesters clash with Chicago police

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NATO protesters clash with Chicago police

May 20th, 2012

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Protesters have clashed with police as thousands of activists took part in an anti-NATO demonstration in Chicago, where the military bloc’s summit kicked off on Sunday. Organizers say up to 10,000 people are expected to take part in the rally.

The clashes occurred as the demonstrators were trying to push their way through a police line to the site of the meeting. Prior to the incident, the march was largely peaceful.

As RT’s Anastasia Churkina reports, the protest is growing bigger and stronger with thousands walking through the streets of the city to voice their opposition to NATO’s costly and deadly wars.

Iraq and Afghanistan veterans also took part in the march throwing their medals towards the convention center where the delegates are meeting. They say the medals they were given do not represent the wars they were fighting.

Many of the demonstrators who joined the march on Saturday are OWS activists who are outraged with income inequality in the US.

Massive anti-NATO rallies also took place on Friday and Saturday with thousands walking through downtown Chicago. Saturday’s demonstration was marred by clashes with police and further arrests. Protest organizers have pledged their numbers will swell over the next two days.

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