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May 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The closest protesters will be able to get will be the small towns of
Frederick and Thurmont, where token demonstrations are expected to take
place on Friday and Saturday before all eyes turn to Chicago.
When asked about security concerns for the Nato summit, Mr Obama casually
replied: “We know how to deal with a crowd.”
While it is true that Chicago has a history of dealing with protesters, not
all its efforts have passed off peacefully. In 1968, angry crowds laid siege
to the Democratic National Convention only to be met by widespread violence
from police. Earlier this year, the city paid out $6.2 million (£4 million)
in settlements after its officers were deemed to have made “mass
arrests without justification” during a protest against the Iraq war.
At the helm of the city’s response this week will be Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a
former chief of staff in Mr Obama’s White House. The Chicago Democrat –
known for his profanity and short temper – is taking no chances and has
already granted himself new powers to install CCTV, enlist federal officers
in local enforcement, and sweep protesters out of public parks.
The officers of the Chicago Police Department have been fitted out with $1
million in new riot gear, including two “sound cannons” which can
be used to emit painfully high frequency noise against crowds.
Chief Garry McCarthy insists that his department will focus on “extracting”
trouble makers rather than trying to take on the demonstrators en masse. “If
you treat people as individuals, they’re individuals,” he said. “If
you treat them as a mob, they become a mob.”
The Occupiers have less confidence in police restraint. “If you see
violence it will be coming from the Chicago Police Department,” said
Mike McGuire, one of the activists heading to Camp David.
But while Occupy Chicago and its allies have committed to non-violence, their
plans are seen as deeply provocative by the man they call “Mayor One
Per Cent” and his police and already a dozen people have been arrested.
On Friday, protesters will gather at Daley Plaza, one of the city’s main
squares, where condemnation of Nato will be led by Tom Morello, the former
front man of the polemical metal band Rage Against the Machine. Clashes are
also expected on Saturday, as local demonstrators flood into Mr Emanuel’s
exclusive Lakeview neighbourhood to protest the closure of mental health
facilities. His home address has already been widely circulated online.
In an echo of the 1968 protests against the Vietnam War, veterans from
Afghanistan and Iraq will try to formally return their campaign medals to a
US general on Sunday. If no officers will come meet them, the group of
former soldiers intend to hurl their medals over the security fence lining
the McCormick Place, the city convention centre.
Whether the summit passes peacefully remains to be seen. What we know is that
the protesters will not let it pass quietly.
“We will be in the streets in such numbers and with such volume that they
will hear us not only in McCormick Place but also at Camp David and around
the world,” Ms Perrotta said.
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