Jeff Cagle
i am a freelance documentary and editorial photographer living in the chicago suburbs.
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I headed out to the NATO rally on Sunday a buddy of mine who is a filmmaker. After he had been threatened to have his camera smashed while he was out on Saturday, along with reading what other photographers had found on anarchist sites about best ways to cut camera straps and instructions on which door on the camera houses memory cards, we figured it would be a good idea to head out together. Nothing really came of those threats and once things really got going on Sunday it was every man for himself. But here’s a short video he put together from two days on the street. Some of these scenes might look familiar from stills I’ve already posted.
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Yesterday there was a sea of blue helmets, batons, fences and thousands of yards separating protesters and members of the media covering the chaos from the presidents of the 28 NATO nations. Today there was a few feet and a lot of tranquility between the president of the Slovak Republic and my camera.
What a difference a day makes.
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An injured photographer is ushered out of the fray to medics at the rear during the NATO protest in Chicago.
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At one point the most dangerous place to be in the crowd was not at the front of the line where the main clash was happening, but about 15 feet back as police surged west and pinned everyone up against the wall of a business. The metal barricades separating the street from the sidewalk were knocked over and it’s only out of sheer luck that no one got caught under them or that no one had an ankle go through the bars and get snapped as the crowd poured over uncontrollably. Protesters quickly organized, made a hole, picked up a barricade and threw it at the police.
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Protesters and police square off at the intersection of Michigan and Cermak
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With all of the cameras around yesterday when things got heated at the NATO protest, it’s going to be interesting to see how the narrative of the day is shaped over time. One of my fears is that the context of images of the police response could get lost.
Brian Cassella of the Chicago Tribune caught an image of a police officer throwing a punch at a protester that will probably live on for years to come, but as he said, it’s important to see it in its full sequence.
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Nan Wigmore of Portland, Ore., encourages the crowd as she holds her ground in front of police lines at the intersection of Michigan and Cermak during Sunday’s NATO protest.
You think you’re tough being up on the front line when police start swinging batons to keep the anarchists from breaking through, and then out of the fray comes a little old lady and you wonder what she was like at your age.
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I was shooting at the NATO protest today, and it got more than a little crazy. Everything was fine until after the veterans returned their medals. Then, a group that was there looking for a fight, picked one. They got it.
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