Red Cross Told To Prep For Chicago Evacuation During NATO Summit

[Ares]

CHICAGO (CBS) – Is there a secret plan to evacuate some residents of Chicago in the event of major trouble during the NATO summit next month? CBS 2 has uncovered some evidence that there is. It comes from the Milwaukee area branch of the American Red Cross.

CBS 2 News has obtained a copy of a Red Cross e-mail sent to volunteers in the Milwaukee area.

It said the NATO summit “may create unrest or another national security incident. The American Red Cross in southeastern Wisconsin has been asked to place a number of shelters on standby in the event of evacuation of Chicago.”

According to a chapter spokesperson, the evacuation plan is not theirs alone.

“Our direction has come from the City of Chicago and the Secret Service,” she said.

Officials at Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communication said the directive did not come from them.

The U.S. Secret Service did not return calls for comment.

Some downtown residents told CBS 2’s Mike Parker that the news has them on edge.

Brad Klein said it is “very unnerving. I feel a little bit unsafe, just a bit more than a little bit. It doesn’t make me feel like I want to be in the city during the NATO conference.”

An executive with the Service Employees International Union, who trains members in preparation for the summit, thinks such a plan might be “over the top.”

SEIU Local 1 training director Tom Dobry said, “This could be a lot like Y2K – a lot of hype and buildup. People will say, ‘that was it?’ Not a big deal.”

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/04/25/milwaukee-red-cross-told-to-prep-for-chicago-evacuation-during-nato-summit/

[ximmy]

These sadist NWO thugs want American blood in the street. Their media tool will rewrite facts, and they get to test their modern riot equipment.

[Canadian-guerilla]

CHICAGO (CBS) – Is there a secret plan to evacuate some residents of Chicago

i'm sure the Chicago ELITE will have some helicopters standing by

watch for helicopters heading for the Chicago " power " buildings

[Goatman]

Red Cross are a bunch of tools. I gave blood for years. Nine plus gallons worth. They love my blood because I am O Negative which means universal donor blood which basically means that I can give blood to anybody regardless of their blood type. I was always happy to give. Until Obamacare was passed. Now, they call me at least once a month asking me to come in and give and I tell every single one of the blood sucking bastards that I am through giving until Obamacare is overturned. Let Obama figure out how to turn water into blood since he is the new smurfing messiah. Smurf them and the horse they rode in on. And that's pretty much how the conversations go. I won't give another drop to the leeches or another dollar to charity until this utter cr*p is reversed and overturned. I wouldn't piss on Obama if he were on fire.

[Bigjon]

Chicago NATO summit May 20-21

The date seems to be a secret!!!

[Down1]

To Joliet jail for NATO offenders?
Mothballed for a decade, the Joliet Correctional Center could be temporarily reopened to serve as a detention facility for those arrested for serious offenses during the May 20-21 NATO summit.

Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says his first choice was to use Division 3 at Cook County Jail before the once-empty division had to be filled with detainees over the last two months.

A less desirable alternative was to put up tents in the yard at Cook County Jail.

But, Dart said the solution that makes the most sense is Joliet, the hulk of a prison facility mothballed in 2002.

“They shut down Joliet prison. It’s sitting there empty. Could I turn the key and open it up? Does the water still work? Does the electricity work? If that’s a question, I might just look at the yard and whether to put up tents with some cots and utilize that setting at Joliet,” Dart said.

“It’s empty and it will be empty. There are no issues with that. If it’s functional, it wouldn’t take a lot of manpower to monitor. Transportation would be a straight shot down I-55. Across the street is Stateville [Correctional Center] We’re going there anyway.”

Thousands of demonstrators are expected to descend on Chicago to protest the summit that will bring President Barack Obama and the leaders, foreign and defense ministers of more than 50 nations to McCormick Place.

But after researching similar summits in other cities, Dart predicted that the number of arrests for serious offenses would be relatively small.

The sheriff called the 2010 G-20 summit in Toronto an “anomaly” with more than 1,100 arrests. There were also nearly 1,000 arrests at the 2007 G-8 summit in Germany that drew 25,000 demonstrators.

But, the rest of the recent summits have been relatively tame. They include: the 2009 G-20 in London (35,000 protesters, 122 arrests); the 2009 G-20 in Pittsburgh (4,500 protesters, 190 arrests) and the 2008 G-8 in Japan (44 arrests).

“A lot of times, they’re taken to a police station where they can bond themselves out. There’s a filtering process,” Dart said.

“It’s the ones above that — offenders who cause serious property damage or strike people with items that cause injury — who will need to be detained” for a longer period of time.

The sheriff added, “The only thing everybody agrees is this is unpredictable. We’re trying to keep that in mind.”

Sources said the Chicago Police Department plans to separate men and women arrested for less serious offenses. Men will be taken to Area North at Belmont and Western, which has a bond court and a capacity to hold up to 300 prisoners.

If that fills up, sources said overflow males arrested for minor offenses will be taken to Grand and Central, home of the 25th District and Area North Bureau of Patrol, with a capacity of up to 200.

Women will be taken to an undisclosed location somewhere on the South Side, sources said.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/12175080-418/to-joliet-jail-for-nato-offenders.html