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Gosztola in Firedoglake ..

According to the National Lawyers Guild, two police informants infiltrated the group. The NLGE believes “they’re the ones who provoked this and they’re the ones,” who committed the “illegal activity” and had the “illegal materials.” Additionally, they said the informants didn’t provide the materials and convince the activists to engage in some plot. The activists did not take the bait. The informants simply left the materials in the apartment ahead of the raid so the materials would be there for police to find. “This is our understanding,” Deutsch declared. “Police brought the materials, they suggested that this happened, people were not willing to do it, they called for a raid and arrested everybody in the apartment.”

Common Dreams has a report on this – “Chicago Police Hold Occupy Activists on State Terrorism Charges With Dubious Evidence” – and here’s a video the same three activists, Jared Chase, Brent Beterly, and Brian Jacob Church, posted after being pulled over and harassed by Chicago police – mab .. read more