"Protesters who descend on Chicago for the NATO and G-8 summits would face extraordinary security measures — including dramatically higher fines for resisting arrest, more surveillance cameras and parks and beaches closed until 6 a.m. — under a plan proposed Wednesday by Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
The last time the G-8 and NATO met in the same city was in 1977 in London.
The ordinance introduced at Wednesday’s City Council meeting would dramatically increase fines for “resisting or obstructing” the performance of anyone “known to the person to be a peace officer” as well as the fine for assisting someone in escaping from police custody. Minimum fines for those violations would increase from $25 to $200, while maximum fines would jump from $500 to $1,000.
Chicago’s Big Brother network of more than 10,000 public and private surveillance cameras is already the most extensive and integrated in the nation."
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