Federal Charges Against Immigration Protesters Fall Apart in Chicago
The Chicago Tribune today reports in a front page article that federal charges against immigration protesters in federal court are crumbling, revealing instead serious abuse by DHS officers.
The Tribune looked at 106 cases of individuals "caught in the federal dragnet" and determined that "the vast majority either hadn't been charged by prosecutors or, if they were, had their charges dropped--including one man jailed for four days and later absolved of any wrongdoing by prosecutors." Many of the other cases have been filed as misdemeanor tickets, and nearly half of those tickets have already been dismissed by a judge. Others are awaiting a court date. In several attempted felony cases federal grand jury members have refused to indict.
