NATO News Roundup: Van Incident Update, Five Occupy Journos Stopped By Cops, Obama Quips NATO Not 'As Big As Taste Of Chicago'

By Amy Cavanaugh in News on May 20, 2012 9:15PM

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• President Obama is back in town for the NATO summit, and during this morning's press pool, he told Sun-Times reporter Abdon M. Pallasch: "I've been asking: Why is everybody making such a big fuss? This isn't as big as Taste of Chicago." [Sun-Times]

• Chicago Magazine has a detailed recap of yesterday's eight-hour march. [Chicago]

• In an update to last night's van incident, Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said that the cop in the van sustained a concussion, while the man who was hit was released from the hospital. [Sun-Times]

• Five people covering the Occupy movement were stopped by Chicago police last night. [Firedoglake]

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