The bogus character of the charges is demonstrated by the fact that the five men are charged for three separate incidents, linked only by the involvement of two undercover police provocateurs, who instigated or concocted each of the supposed “terrorist” plots.
Defense attorneys said the two provocateurs, a man and a woman, went by the nicknames “Mo” and “Gloves,” and had made many contacts among the activists organizing protests at the NATO summit May 20-21.
National Lawyers Guild attorney Sarah Gelsomino told the press that the two had steered all five of the arrested men into activities that led to their arrests. She said that “Mo” and “Gloves” began associating with anti-NATO protest organizers in early May, and that many activists were now afraid that these casual contacts could lead to their arrest.
The first set of terrorism charges was revealed Saturday, when Chicago police announced that three men arrested Wednesday would be charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism, possession of an explosive or incendiary device, and providing material support to terrorism, in connection with an alleged plan to attack the NATO conference.
The three men are Brian Church, 20, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Brent Vincent Betterly, 24, of Oakland Park, Florida; and Jared Chase, 24, of Keene, New Hampshire. All three were arrested during a police raid on a South Side apartment in which a total of nine people were detained. The other six were released Friday without any charges filed against them.
Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy claimed police were responding to an “imminent threat,” and police officials told the press that those arrested planned to bomb the home of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the national headquarters of the Obama reelection campaign, and local police stations. Police spokesmen subsequently admitted that there was no imminent threat to either Obama or his NATO guests.
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