Tag result for article published on Mon May 21 2012 9:21 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Chicago Fire Department, Chicago NATO Summit, Chicago Police Department, NATO summit, protest
VIDEO at Michigan Avenue and Cermak Road, and at Michigan Avenue and 21st Street where police clashed with protesters and arrested protesters Sunday afternoon. After a rally and protest March, NATO protesters marched down Michigan Avenue with anti-war banners, anti-Capitalism banners and ‘Free Bradley Manning’ banners. Some marchers warned of loss of freedom and pointed [...]
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Tag result for article published on Sun May 20 2012 11:51 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: NATO, NATO summit, NATO Summit Chicago
Multiple suspicious packages have been reported Sunday Chicago Tribune NATO Blog … NBC Live Blog: NATO in Chicago … LIVE VIDEO from NBC Chicago … Emergency communications feed monitoring Chicago Fire Department and Chicago Police Department radio channels … Watch live video from radioman911 on www.justin.tv Radioman911.com … CHICAGOFIREMAP.COM Radio … facebook.com/Radioman911
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Tag result for article published on Fri May 18 2012 12:37 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Chicago, CTA, Metra, NATO, NATO summit, NATO Summit Chicago
The Stevenson and Dan Ryan expressways will close earlier than originally planned tonight because of the NATO summit. The Chinatown feeder ramp from the inbound Dan Ryan to the northbound Stevenson (I-55) will be shut down at 9:30 p.m. Friday. Some lanes on the northbound Stevenson north of the Dan Ryan will close at 10:30 [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu May 17 2012 9:51 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: drone, NATO, NATO summit, NATO Summit Chicago, UAV
HOAXKiller1: “This video has been getting attention around the web, and is causing people to have mixed reactions. Little do they realize the video is fake and their reactions are unwarranted. ” [The video has been taken down due to a copyright claim by Ted Hueckstaedt] A YouTube channel known for exposing hoaxes on videos [...]
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Posted in FD Notebook, GO!, Preparedness, Terrorism
Tag result for article published on Wed May 16 2012 9:09 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: drone, NATO, NATO summit, NATO Summit Chicago, UAV
VIDEO: A drone spotted in the Elgin area on Saturday, May 12, 2012. A man with a video camera at a soccer field in Elgin, Illinois has claimed to have captured on May 12, 2012 what appears to be a drone Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that he says was flying toward Chicago the weekend before [...]
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Posted in Air Travel, Preparedness, Terrorism
Tag result for article published on Sat May 12 2012 8:45 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Metra, NATO, NATO summit
Following is a press release from Metra released Friday May 11 that outlines restrictions related to the NATO Summit. Most Metra riders will not see service changes as a result of the NATO Summit on May 19-21, even most riders of the Metra Electric Line, which passes under the summit facility at McCormick Place.
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Tag result for article published on Tue May 08 2012 11:51 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: NATO, NATO summit, traffic alert
Only weeks away, the 2012 Chicago summit is a meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), to be held in Chicago, United States, on May 20-21, 2012. NATO is intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on April 4, 1949. [...]
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Tag result for article published on Mon April 23 2012 9:29 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: NATO, NATO summit, NATO Summit Chicago, protest
Residents of State Street Condo Told To Leave Chicago During NATO Summit: MyFoxCHICAGO.com Chicago residents and owners of the Library Tower condo building — a 17-story building at 520 South State Street (between Congress and Harrison) — are being advised to leave their residence and live at an alternate site during the NATO Summit from [...]
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Tag result for article published on Tue April 17 2012 10:15 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Chicago, NATO, NATO summit, NATO Summit Chicago
Hundreds of Illinois National Guard soldiers will be deployed in Chicago during the NATO Summit May 20-21. The soldier will be assigned operations to help move foreign dignitaries around Chicago, and to assist with other unspecified duties. A drill involving other Illinois National Guard troops will coincide with the NATO Summit time frame, but will [...]
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Posted in Crimes Notebook
Tag result for article published on Mon March 05 2012 7:33 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Chicago, G-8, G-8 Summit, NATO, NATO summit, White House
A surprise announcement from the White House today that the G-8 Summit will be held at Camp David, instead of the City of Chicago. World leaders are still expected for the May 20-21 NATO meeting, including most of the Group of Eight leaders who will meet in Camp David earlier the same weekend. “We wish [...]
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Tag result for article published on Wed February 15 2012 6:57 am. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: Chicago Police Department, G-8 Summit, G-8 Summit Chicago, NATO summit, NATO Summit Chicago
At the request of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police, the City of Chicago has purchased over $190,000 in state-of-the-art helmet shields in anticipation of protests related to the combined summit schedules of G-8 and NATO. The only other time the summits have met simultaneously was in London in 1977. Police are concerned with officers [...]
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Tag result for article published on Thu June 23 2011 8:16 pm. CLICK TITLE TO EXPAND.Tags: G-8 Summit, G-8 Summit Chicago, NATO summit, NATO Summit Chicago
Both the NATO summit and the G8 summit are scheduled to be held in May 2012 in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is reported to have lobbied President Barack Obama, hard to get the summit in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is hoping to get private donors to help supplement the city’s resources for a huge security [...]
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