Twitter gets 'F--- the police' treatment

As chaos ensues on the streets of Chicago, supporters of today’s anti-NATO protests are storming Twitter with an anti-establishment hash tag trend – “#F—ThePolice.”

The hash tag accompanies a flood of tweets in solidarity with the Chicago Occupy and assorted other anti-war protests.

A sampling of some of the postings include:

• Lea WeAreLegion‏@HomoCarnula: Raw Video – Chicago Police Van Plows Through NATO Protesters http://youtu.be/0yAMBN5CWxs #F—ThePolice #noNATO”

• Ashley LA Woman.‏@miss_trASH: got arrested 2 days ago & the only thing that i thought about the in jail was @dirtysouth at @SutraOC tonight #f—thepolice cant wait!

• ChiTownPhilly‏@PhilipDeVon1FACT: You are EIGHT times more likely to be KILLED by POLICE than by an attack from TERRORISTS. #NoJustice #NoPeace #F—ThePolice

• Joe Harlow‏@harlowforcats: Im glad I left before the cops came. They been tryna get me behind bars for a minute! #F—ThePolice!

Even Anonymous got in on the action, tweeting, “F— THE POLICE #NoNATO #FTP.

Earlier today, Anonymous took credit for hacking the City of Chicago’s official website as well as the Chicago Police Department website, which has been down at times today.

The anti-police rhetoric on Twitter comes as law enforcement officials raided a downtown Chicago apartment and reportedly arrested at least three suspects accused of preparing Molotov cocktails to target the NATO summit.

The owner of the apartment, William Vassilakis, is a member of Chicago’s Occupy movement, his lawyer, Kris Hermes of the National Lawyers Guild, confirmed in a phone interview with WND.

With additional research by Brenda J. Elliott