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NATO in Chicago - Fencing Goes Up Near McCormick Place
• www.nbc.chicago.comHeavy metal fencing was brought in overnight by the truckload and set up across the street from McCormick Place, where world leaders will convene Sunday and Monday.
The extra protection came hours after residents in the nearby Bridgeport neighborhood clashed with roving protesters. The demonstrators, many of whom covered their faces with bandanas, walked through the streets shouting obscenities about law enforcement.
At times they
were met with officers creating barricades with their bodies and
bicycles. Without being able to pass, demonstrators took to alleys,
knocking over trash bins and pushing large trash containers into the
streets.