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riversedge

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Wed Dec 10, 2014, 11:11 PM Dec 2014

Anti-violence activists protest across city, including at Obama home

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Source: chicago Tribune




Anti-violence activists protest across city, including at Obama home



Chicago police detain a man after he was lying in the street at the corner of Wacker Drive and Michigan Avenue during an international Human Rights Day protest in downtown Chicago on Wed., Dec. 10.



A few dozen faculty, staff and students from Chicago Theological Seminary marched for an hour in Hyde Park

At least two people were arrested during protests that sprang up across Chicago on Wednesday, including outside President Barack Obama's home.

About 200 people gathered and marched in Hyde Park and Kenwood Wednesday night, marching through the neighborhood and ending a short time after gathering in front of the Obama family home.

Earlier, about four dozen demonstrators gathered Wednesday afternoon at Michigan Avenue and Congress Parkway to speak out against U.S. involvement in the Middle East.........


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Anti-violence activists protest across city, including at Obama home (Original Post) riversedge Dec 2014 OP
Well, that's OK, the Obamas weren't home. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #1
 

NYC_SKP

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1. Well, that's OK, the Obamas weren't home.
Wed Dec 10, 2014, 11:16 PM
Dec 2014

I've driven by the place, cute little street with lots of trees.

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