The 2012 NATO Summit in Chicago hasn’t even started yet, but protesters are already taking to the streets and police are cracking down early.
In anticipation of this event, the Chicago Police Department has already spent over $1 million on riot gear and sound cannons to use against rowdy demonstrators.
Reports are now surfacing that police SWAT teams are raiding the homes of protest organizers.
What is really going on here? Is this still the United States of America?
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