Marchers Test Chicago Police Near NATO Meet

Marchers and police clash outside of NATO summit in Chicago, where world leaders are discussing the pullout of foreign troops in Afghanistan.

Published

12 months ago

Categories

US, US Politics

Topics

United States

People

Barack Obama

Places

France, Afghanistan, Chicago

Companies

McCormick & Company, Incorporated

Tags

nato summit, protest, nato

Transcript

Police and anti-war protesters clash in Chicago where NATO leaders are thrashing out their exit strategy from Afghanistan.The Sunday anti-war march that drew up to 3,000 people was largely peaceful.However, there were some tense moments between a group of black-clad protesters in bandanas and riot police in full gear - one man was arrested.The leaders gathered at the McCormick Place convention center, in President Barak Obama's hometown, to organise the hand over of combat operations to Afghan forces by the middle of next year.They are expected to endorse a U.S.-backed strategy for a gradual exit from Afghanistan.The move is intended to hold the Alliance together after France decided to pull out early.Although many feared the summit would result in major violence on Chicago's streets, there have been only a few, relatively minor incidents so far.Jessica Gray, Reuters