3rd Lawsuit Claims Election-Night Police Abuse

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Source: Associated Press

3rd lawsuit accuses Chicago police officers of harassing black Election Night celebrants

A third lawsuit claims Chicago police harassed black residents cheering President-elect Barack Obama's win on Election Night.

The latest lawsuit accuses officers of shouting expletives and discharging pepper spray at people peacefully celebrating on sidewalks and porches. The suit was filed Friday in federal court on behalf of 22 black plaintiffs.

Their attorney, Blake Horowitz, says the incident was racially motivated. He says police broke one plaintiff's cell phone when he tried to record the incident.

Two similar lawsuits were filed earlier.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=6313090

[LiberalFighter]

1. When will they do something about law enforcement that abuse their power?

[Joe Chi Minh]

2. Hope they get sacked. They need to be.

[Downtown Hound]

3. Outrageous, those cops should be arrested

and charged with assault. Until we start holding the police to the same laws that they hold the people we'll continue to see abuses like this.

[BanzaiBonnie]

4. Remember law enforcement gearing up for all the rioting

Yeah, they got geared up all right. They didn't want to waste all that energy they had expended.


Too bad, it gives a black eye to all law enforcement.