During Sunday's anti-NATO march, John Ruberry -- the Marathon Pundit -- walked with the Black Bloc anarchists for about a mile. He says they seemed to be looking for a fight even before their confrontation with the Chicago Police at Michigan and Cermak on the Near South Side.
"From Chi-town to Greece, f*ck the police" was one chant. An out-of-towner must have come up with that one, since few Chicagoans don't refer to their city as Chi-town.
One man taunted the cops, "Better run piggies, those exercises, you know you need it," he added, "How was those donuts this morning."
The peaceful protesters also chanted, "Eat the rich and smash the state, I declare a class war."
The drumbeat and the black garb reminded me of the orcs marching on Minas Tirith in The Return of the King.