NLG Attorney #2: "It Is a Set-Up, An Entrapment to the Highest Degree"
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05/19/2012
Three men arrested in Chicago on Wednesday night were planning to attack the campaign headquarters of President Obama, the house of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, police stations and financial institutions in downtown Chicago, prosecutors said on Saturday.
The men, who were in Chicago to take part in protests related to the NATO summit meeting taking place here on Sunday and Monday, were charged with criminal acts relating to terrorism, conspiracy to commit terrorism, and possession of explosives.
"The individuals we charged are not peaceful protesters, they are domestic terrorists," said the state's attorney, Anita Alvarez. "The charges we bring today are not indicative of a protest movement that has been targeted." Ms. Alvarez said that this was the first time she knew of that defendants had been charged under the state's antiterrorism statute. She declined to comment on possible federal charges.
Lawyers for the defendants described the case as entrapment, saying that a man and a woman who were either informants or undercover law enforcement officials had come up with the plans and provided the materials. These two people were the only ones who committed any illegal activity, said Michael Deutsch, a lawyer with the National Lawyers Guild.
"From what we've learned, we believe it is a setup — entrapment to the highest degree — and it is sensationalism by the police and the state to discredit the protesters who have come here to nonviolently protest," Mr. Deutsch said.
Bond for the three men — Jared Chase, 27, of New Hampshire; Brent Betterly, 24, of Massachusetts; and Brian Jacob Church, 22, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — was set at $1.5 million each.
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Three men arrested in Chicago on Wednesday night were planning to attack the campaign headquarters of President Obama, the house of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, police stations and financial institutions in downtown Chicago, prosecutors said on Saturday.
The men, who were in Chicago to take part in protests related to the NATO summit meeting taking place here on Sunday and Monday, were charged with criminal acts relating to terrorism, conspiracy to commit terrorism, and possession of explosives.
"The individuals we charged are not peaceful protesters, they are domestic terrorists," said the state's attorney, Anita Alvarez. "The charges we bring today are not indicative of a protest movement that has been targeted." Ms. Alvarez said that this was the first time she knew of that defendants had been charged under the state's antiterrorism statute. She declined to comment on possible federal charges.
Lawyers for the defendants described the case as entrapment, saying that a man and a woman who were either informants or undercover law enforcement officials had come up with the plans and provided the materials. These two people were the only ones who committed any illegal activity, said Michael Deutsch, a lawyer with the National Lawyers Guild.
"From what we've learned, we believe it is a setup — entrapment to the highest degree — and it is sensationalism by the police and the state to discredit the protesters who have come here to nonviolently protest," Mr. Deutsch said.
Bond for the three men — Jared Chase, 27, of New Hampshire; Brent Betterly, 24, of Massachusetts; and Brian Jacob Church, 22, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. — was set at $1.5 million each.
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