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In reply to the discussion: holy s*&%^ the chicago cops were beating the crap out of people - even don lemon just made the point [View all]pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)39. CNN: Police, protesters clash outside NATO summit
I don't see a video from coverage on Lemon's show posted yet, just this report:
From Elise Labott and Mike Mount, CNN
updated 9:06 PM EDT, Sun May 20, 2012
Chicago (CNN) -- Protesters and police clashed Sunday outside the NATO summit in Chicago, where world leaders met to discuss the way forward in Afghanistan.
Police hit protesters with batons as they pushed against a line of officers, video from CNN affiliate WLS showed. The clashes came toward the end of a day of peaceful protests.
Occupy Chicago, one of the groups that helped to organize the demonstrations, reported some people were injured.
"The police have several demonstrators detained behind their lines, calling for medics. Bloodied protesters being dragged out of sight now," the group wrote on its Twitter page.
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http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/20/us/us-nato-summit/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
updated 9:06 PM EDT, Sun May 20, 2012
Chicago (CNN) -- Protesters and police clashed Sunday outside the NATO summit in Chicago, where world leaders met to discuss the way forward in Afghanistan.
Police hit protesters with batons as they pushed against a line of officers, video from CNN affiliate WLS showed. The clashes came toward the end of a day of peaceful protests.
Occupy Chicago, one of the groups that helped to organize the demonstrations, reported some people were injured.
"The police have several demonstrators detained behind their lines, calling for medics. Bloodied protesters being dragged out of sight now," the group wrote on its Twitter page.
...
Story and slide show:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/20/us/us-nato-summit/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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holy s*&%^ the chicago cops were beating the crap out of people - even don lemon just made the point [View all]
arely staircase
May 2012
OP
yeah some idiot threw an empty bucket - which didn't hurt anyone and then the cops
arely staircase
May 2012
#3
Oh please, there are hours and hours of footage from hundreds of protests, almost all of them
sabrina 1
May 2012
#8
Oh, I'm sure the little plastic bottles will really hurt the guys in the heavy Stormtrooper armor.
backscatter712
May 2012
#33
I am not going to defend throwing things at the police, but seriously they're riot cops
Puregonzo1188
May 2012
#55