CHICAGO – Scontri alla manifestazione di protesta contro il vertice Nato di Chicago. Al termine di un corteo che domenica 20 maggio si era snodato pacificamente per la metropoli dell’Illinois, un gruppo di contestatori ha tentato di sfondare il cordone di sicurezza eretto a pochi isolati da McCormick Place, il centro congressi che ospita il summit. Lo hanno riferito fonti della polizia locale. Una decina di manifestanti sono stati ammanettati e portati via e almeno altri tre hanno riportato ferite alla testa.
I disordini sono scoppiati al termine della manifestazione, quando i poliziotti con gli elmetti blu e in tenuta antisommossa hanno fissato un ultimatum a centinaia di attivisti che si rifiutavano di lasciare la zona. Ci sono stati momenti di tensione, con alcuni giovane che scandivano slogan come “Chiudere la Nato”, e poi una carica degli agenti che hanno portato via diversi attivisti tenendoli per mani e piedi. Il corte, durante il quale attivisti vestiti di nero hanno lanciato bottigliette d’acqua contro gli agenti, era organizzato tra gli altri dalla Coalizione contro Nato e G8.
Le immagini del corteo di Chicago (foto Ap/LaPeesse)
Photographers and reporters surround an Occupy Chicago protester outside Chicago Mayor Rahm Emaunel's house as a Chicago police bike patrol stands guard during a march and demonstration Saturday, May 19 2012, in Chicago. Security has been high throughout the city in preparation for the NATO summit, where delegations from about 60 countries will discuss the war in Afghanistan and European missile defense. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Occupy Chicago protesters march down Montrose Avenue to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emaunel's house during a demonstration Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Chicago. Security has been high throughout the city in preparation for the NATO summit, where delegations from about 60 countries will discuss the war in Afghanistan and European missile defense. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Eminent musician Tom Morello performs at a NATO summit demonstration at Daley Plaza, Friday, May 18 2012, in Chicago. Thousands of nurses and other protesters gathered for the noisy but largely peaceful demonstration with a broad spectrum of causes, from anti-war activists to Occupy protesters to a Chicago Women’s AIDS project. The demonstrations Friday were the largest yet ahead of a two-day NATO summit that is expected to draw even larger protests. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
A member of National Nurses United, protests at a NATO summit demonstration at Daley Plaza, Friday, May 18 2012, in Chicago. Thousands of nurses and other protesters gathered for the noisy but largely peaceful demonstration with a broad spectrum of causes, from anti-war activists to Occupy protesters to a Chicago Women’s AIDS project. The demonstrations Friday were the largest yet ahead of a two-day NATO summit that is expected to draw even larger protests. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
A protester taunts a Chicago police officer with a pack of donuts during a march down Michigan Avenue by Occupy Chicago Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Chicago. Security has been high throughout the city in preparation for the summit, where delegations from about 60 countries will discuss the war in Afghanistan and European missile defense. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Occupy Chicago protesters sit in the street outside Chicago Mayor Rahm Emaunel's house during a march and demonstration Saturday, May 19 2012, in Chicago. Security has been high throughout the city in preparation for the NATO summit, where delegations from about 60 countries will discuss the war in Afghanistan and European missile defense. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Occupy Chicago protesters march down Montrose Avenue to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emaunel's house during a demonstration Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Chicago. Security has been high throughout the city in preparation for the NATO summit, where delegations from about 60 countries will discuss the war in Afghanistan and European missile defense. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
A couple dressed hustle past the Chicago police department's mounted patrol, as members of Occupy Chicago march through the street Saturday, May 19 2012, in Chicago. Security has been high throughout the city in preparation for the NATO summit, where delegations from about 60 countries will discuss the war in Afghanistan and European missile defense. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
An Occupy Chicago protester shields his face with a United States flag outside Chicago Mayor Rahm Emaunel's house during a demonstration Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Chicago. Security has been high throughout the city in preparation for the NATO summit, where delegations from about 60 countries will discuss the war in Afghanistan and European missile defense. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Occupy Chicago protesters, some wearing masks, sit in the street outside Mayor Rahm Emaunel's house during a march and demonstration in Chicago Saturday, May 19, 2012. Security has been high throughout the city in preparation for the NATO summit, where delegations from about 60 countries will discuss the war in Afghanistan and European missile defense. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) LaPresseOnly Italy
Occupy Chicago protesters march down Montrose Avenue to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emaunel's house during a demonstration Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Chicago. Security has been high throughout the city in preparation for the NATO summit, where delegations from about 60 countries will discuss the war in Afghanistan and European missile defense. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)Subito dopo l’apertura del vertice avvenuta sabato 19 maggio, alcuni reporter indipendenti hanno denunciato di essere stati seguiti da dodici auto della polizia mentre rientravano a casa. I reporter sono stati fermati, brutalmente tirati fuori dalle auto, perquisiti e interrogati. La polizia avrebbe anche sequestrato i loro hard drive e cancellato tutte le immagini registrate.
