Defence lawyer Michael Deutsch on Saturday accused police of setting up their clients in an attempt to frighten peaceful protesters. He said undercover officers brought the firebombs to a South Side apartment where the men were arrested.
Two undercover officers, known as "Mo" and "Gloves" to the
protesters, are accused by the NLG of planting evidence. The NLG said in a press release:
National Lawyers Guild Releases Photograph of Suspected Police Informant Involved in Terrorism-Related CasesChicago, IL -- Investigations by the NLG have uncovered infiltration by law enforcement in each of the 5 terrorism-related cases charged so far. The NLG believes that at least two undercover police or confidential informants, "Gloves" and "Mo," were used in a law enforcement operation that resulted in 9 arrests from a Wednesday house raid in Bridgeport as well as two additional arrests on Thursday. Gloves and Mo were apparently arrested with the 9 protesters from the house raid, but were released soon after.
The image below is of Mo as he is being arrested during an Occupy Chicago action on April 17, 2012 at 63rd & Woodlawn to protest the closure of a mental health clinic.
Photograph of "Mo," a suspected informant involved in the NATO terrorism-related cases: (To NLGChicago.org image uploads)
Fox News Chicago ran a report on this new turn in the story, on "Mo" and "Gloves," on May 22. Protesters assert that "Mo" had showed up at an Occupy Chicago orientation meeting, and said he wanted to learn more about Occupy. The protesters allege that he later tried to goad them into violence , and that after they refused, he and "Gloves" planted evidence. The Fox News report states that the CPD did not deny the placement of undercover informants within the group of protesters which included the NATO 3, and in fact defended it as a legitimate tactic.
Among the weapons mention as found in the indictment are swords, throwing stars, hunting bows, and a mortar tube.
Fox News Chicago
A Huffington Post alert also reports:
Attorneys representing five men charged with attempting to build bombs or make terrorist threats during the NATO summit in Chicago allege their clients were set up by undercover police officers.
ACTION: INNOCENT UNTIL FOUND GUILTY! STOP THE TORTURE OF THE NATO 3!
Please call Cook County Department of Corrections, Sheriff Thomas Dart
Cook County Sheriff's Office
50 W. Washington
Chicago, Illinois 60602
(312) 603-6444
sheriff. Email address removed
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