Posted on 04/27/2011 2:17:08 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
The city of Chicago agreed to pay the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Friends Service Committee a combined $12,500 after Chicago police sent at least one undercover officer to infiltrate meetings held by the Quaker-based activist group in 2002, the ACLU announced today.
The settlement comes following a 2005 petition filed in federal court by the ACLU and AFSC against the city, alleging it violated the activist group’s 1st Amendment rights and “unduly stigmatized and damaged the reputation of the AFSC,” according to court documents.
The city has denied those allegations.
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This is weak!!! Where is our cop shot a dog story for today!
Can a church engage in political protest of geo-political-financial events (such as the Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue)? Sounds like it would jeopardize their 401c3 charter.
Ahhhh, no. The City of Chicago agreed that that taxpayers of Chicago will pay for unionized police malfeasance.
Howsabout monitoring the damn muzzies?
THEN maybe they’d get somewhere.
“Howsabout monitoring the damn muzzies?”
Howsabout not letting them into the country and monitoring the cops?
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