Protesters: War Veterans

Peace Activists Dept: The protest drew together a broad assortment of participants, including peace activists joining with war veterans and people more focused on economic inequality. The diversity of opinions also sowed doubts about whether there were too many messages to be effective, according to CBC. The protesters tried to move east toward the centre, with some hurling sticks and bottles at police. Officers responded by swinging their batons. The two sides were locked in a standoff for nearly two hours, with police blocking the protesters' path and the crowd refusing to leave. Some protesters had blood streaming down their faces and thousands of protesters marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday in one of the city's largest demonstrations in years, airing grievances about war, climate change and a wide range of other issues as world leaders assembled for a NATO summit. Some of the most enduring images of the event were likely to be from the end when a small group of demonstrators clashed with a line of police who tried to keep them from the lakeside convention centre where U.S. President Barack Obama was hosting the gathering. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.