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Image via TerraHawk's Website. In addition to the many surveillance cameras Chicago police had on the ground and perched on rooftops to monitor protesters at the NATO summit, the Sun-Times reports Chicago Police also purchased a mobile surveillance tower to watch and record demonstrators. The ordinary looking van, with... continue reading on Chicagoist

Aaroncynic/Chicagoist Last night marked the end of major protests surrounding the NATO summit, where protesters first spent the afternoon demonstrating in front of Obama campaign headquarters on Randolph at Michigan. A few hundred people gathered in the street, spoke out against NATO policies, Obama, the city, and other issues... continue reading on Chicagoist

Last night, demonstrators reconvened in the Loop for marches after the melee between police and protesters died down on Cermak and Michigan. Walking from the area where police arrested more than 40 demonstrators and bloodied multiple people after the conclusion of a peaceful march, we found small groups of protesters... continue reading on Chicagoist

Photo Credit: BaburRealer Yesterday demonstrators marched through the loop and delivered petitions to Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart to demand a moratorium on foreclosures and evictions. On the heels of the news that Illinois is the third worst state in the U.S. For home foreclosures, activists set up a... continue reading on Chicagoist

Image via YouTube screen grab. Amateur video posted on YouTube over the weekend seems to suggest that unmanned surveillance drones might be flying over Chicago's skies for the NATO summit this weekend. The video, filmed in north suburban Elgin, shows what looks like a drone similar to the MQ-1... continue reading on Chicagoist