
The City of
While police say the suspects had Molotov
cocktail-making equipment, the National Lawyers Guild says they only had
beer-making equipment and cell phones. Common Dreams
The men had been planning to attack President
Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home and other targets
during this weekend's NATO summit, prosecutors said Saturday. NPR Police conducted a raid without a warrant at a
home in the WBEZ Chicago reports that the Cook County
Circuit Court judge has ordered a $1.5 million bond for each of three activists.
Common Dreams Lawyer says the men are 'in shock' over
allegations they tried to make a Molotov cocktail ahead of Nato summit protests.
Raw Story Attorneys representing the men say the charges
are fabricated and aimed at intimidating activists. "We cannot say enough that
we believe that these charges are absolutely … very trumped up charges," said Sarah Gelsomino of the
Peoples Law Office. "Clearly in an attempt to continue this intimidation
campaign on activists. Charging these people who are here to peacefully protest
against Nato for terrorism, when in reality the police have been terrorizing
activists in "All three of
these guys, interestingly, were in the car about a week ago that was stopped and
harassed by the Chicago police department," Gelsomino said. "They then posted
that video online in an attempt to expose that police misconduct. Each of those
three are now being charged with these crimes. That's as much as we know." The
Guardian The three men are all in their twenties. Two
come from "The city has so
far failed to produce any evidence or the search warrant affidavit used in the
raid," said Kris Hermes of the National Lawyers Guild. The Guardian
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