Saturday NATO Protests: Mental Health Clinics and Rahm Emanuel's House
On Saturday, May 19, 2012, protestors gathered to rally against the closing of mental health care clinics in Chicago. Meeting at the Irving Park Brown Line stop, the protestors rallied in Horner Park before camping outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel's house on the North Side.
Diane Adams is one of the patients at the former Woodland Clinic. She's leading one of the groups at Occupy Health Care day #occupynato
@TheDePaulia Protester: "I can only see my therapist once every two weeks now. That's not fair to me." #NATOChicagoHorner Park
- The protestors first gathered for a rally in Horner Park on the 2700 block of West Montrose.
- @TheDePaulia Protester says Emanuel should be out of office and unemployed to show him how city services actually work. #NATOChicago
The March to Rahm Emanuel's house
- The group then proceeding to march towards the home of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to protest against the closure of mental health clinics.
Protesters making their way to Mayor Emanuel's. Photo by @haleybeemzler http://pic.twitter.com/tRblpMdNOutside the Emanuel home
- Outside the mayor's home on the 4200 block of West Hermitage, an estimated 1,000 protestors camped out to "save our clinics."
Photo: Protesters in Chicago sitting down on the road in front of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's house - http://pic.twitter.com/lcZnud4a @AdamGabbatt
Sitting in front of Rahm's house to save our clinics - Occupy Chicago No...: youtu.be/vMZvZaWs92g via @youtube
Glad dude doesn't live in my building anymore! Protesters and police surround Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home. http://pic.twitter.com/kfSpoOJi”
