Posted on 05/19/2012 2:26:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Each held Saturday on $1.5 million bond
Two Broward County men were among three arrested this week in a nighttime police raid after they planned to attack four police stations, President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s house, according to court documents.
The men arrested Wednesday in an apartment building in the Bridgeport neighborhood. They're accused of trying to make Molotov cocktails ahead of the two-day summit that starts Sunday. They were each held Saturday on $1.5 million bond.
Brian Church, 20, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Brent Vincent Betterly, 24, of Oakland Park, Fla. and Jared Chase, 24, of Keene, N.H. and were being held on charges of conspiracy to commit terrorism, possession of an explosive or incendiary device and providing material support.
Six others arrested with them have been released without charges.
About a dozen NATO summit demonstrators have since turned up outside a south Chicago courthouse where the three activists are to appear on terrorism conspiracy charges.
The arrested were staying at the home of William Vassilakis. He was among those outside the courthouse Saturday and said the charges against the three men are "bogus."
Vassilakis called the police action a "scare tactic" to dissuade people from protesting.
State's Attorney Anita Alvarez and Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy are planning a press conference Saturday to detail the case. Their attorney, Sarah Gelsomino, said the men were "absolutely in shock and have no idea where these charges are coming from."
"The National Lawyers Guild deplores the charges against Occupy activists in the strongest degree," Gelsomino said in a statement decrying the charges. "It's outrageous for the city to apply terrorism charges when it's the police who have been terrorizing activists and threatening their right to protest."
The accused said they weren't making explosives but homemade beer.
"We were handcuffed to a bench and our legs were shackled together. We were not told what was happening," one of the men arrested, Darrin Ammussek of Philadelphia, told NBC Chicago. "I believe very strongly in non-violence, and if I had seen anything that even resembled any plans or anything like that, we wouldn’t have been there."
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy declined to discuss the incident when asked about it Friday.
"We’re not going to talk about it, it’s an ongoing investigation that is not completed, we are not going to talk about it," he said.
The arrests sparked a Thursday evening demonstration through Lincoln Park.
A political show?? Cast all paid union I’m sure.
William Vassilakis is on Facebook.
Interests include Occupy Chicago and National Lawyers Guild Chicago, among others.
Stupid. Don’t these guys know they aren’t supposed to use Molotov cocktails on Democrats?
Not funny.
On the other hand they'll go after TEA party types when the have exactly the opposite conclusion about them.
Brian Church, 20, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; Brent Vincent Betterly, 24, of Oakland Park, Fla. and Jared Chase, 24, of Keene, N.H. and were being held on charges of conspiracy to commit terrorism, possession of an explosive or incendiary device and providing material support. Six others arrested with them have been released without charges. About a dozen NATO summit demonstrators have since turned up outside a south Chicago courthouse where the three activists are to appear on terrorism conspiracy charges. The arrested were staying at the home of William Vassilakis. He was among those outside the courthouse Saturday and said the charges against the three men are "bogus."
“The National Lawyers Guild deplores the charges against Occupy activists in the strongest degree,” Gelsomino said in a statement decrying the charges. “It’s outrageous for the city to apply terrorism charges when it’s the police who have been terrorizing activists and threatening their right to protest.”
Wow. I wonder if the Tea Party could EVER garner such representation!
Scapegoats before the non-storm.
BREAKING!
Downtown Chicago protestors are rioting at this time. Police under seige:
Go to:
http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com/
In other words, the NLG has been intimately involved with the same folks that rooted for Obama in 2008.
And another bit of trivia is that the slutty gal Sandra Fluke, made famout not long ago for demanding everyone else be forced to pay for her friends’ contraceptives is a member of the NLG.
Let’s see if this link still works:
“National Lawyers Guild & its Terrorist Network,” http://www.knology.net/~bilrum/nlgterr.htm
In other words, the NLG has been intimately involved with the same folks that rooted for Obama in 2008.
You would think this attack would be a conflict of itnerest for these guys seeing as the attack was on “dear Leader”. I wonder who they REALLY represent since it doesn’t seem to be Obama. Who is the common link between all these groups?
In other words, the NLG has been intimately involved with the same folks that rooted for Obama in 2008.
You would think this attack would be a conflict of itnerest for these guys seeing as the attack was on “dear Leader”. I wonder who they REALLY represent since it doesn’t seem to be Obama. Who is the common link between all these groups?
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