Police, protesters clash in Loop
Source: Chicago Tribune
6:24 a.m. CDT, May 20, 2012
Chicago Police and NATO protesters clashed repeatedly in a series of pushing and shoving confrontations Saturday night in the Loop following a day of cat-and-mouse marches that tested the physical and mental stamina of both sides.
After a night of marching, chanting and testing the patience of Chicago police in the Loop, the last remnants of anti-NATO protesters slipped away into the night.
There were repeated scrums with police whenever the front of the roughly 1,000-strong crowd tried to push past police, who kept them circling in the general vicinity of the Loop for hours. Some of the clashes resulted in arrests and detentions, but Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy said there were only about half a dozen arrests.
The crowd remained largely peaceful and there were no reports of major damage. Police likewise accomplished a goal of keeping protesters south of the Chicago River downtown and away from the glizty Michigan Avenue retail district, where many NATO dignitaries are staying.
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