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"Police completely overreacted to protesters approaching the security perimeter and unleashed a violent attack on them without an ability to disperse.""Many of the injuries from the police attack were serious, including several people who sustained baton blows to the head."
Victims had head injuries, broken bones, and teeth knocked out. Those arrested were mostly nonviolent. Nonetheless, charges made include disorderly conduct, reckless conduct, resisting arrest, and failure to disperse from public streets they're legally entitled to be on.
On May 22, the Chicago Tribune headlined "Summit ends without giving Chicago a black eye," saying:
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said: "We have reached another milestone in Chicago history. By hosting NATO....we have reinforced, reaffirmed and revitalized Chicago's role on the world's stage....(W)e've shown the world that we are a world-class, first-class city."The city "didn't devolve into 1968 redux," said the Tribune. "It wasn't the combustible" battle in Seattle. Police brutality victims have other views. Nonetheless, the commentary said "Chicago's turn as host of the NATO summit could be declared a success."
It "proved a one-weekend blip on the radar of a major urban metropolis used to crowds, conventions, dignitaries and hoopla."
Chicago spent tens of millions of badly needed dollars hosting NATO. Last May, Emanuel announced draconian budget cuts. After one year in office, they mostly affect the city's poor, public workers, schools, teachers, general services, healthcare, public housing and transportation.
His transitional report announced hundreds of millions in planned cuts during his first term. Pensions were cut for new hires and current employees. Their underfunded total approaches $15 billion.
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