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Lorraine Bailey

Court Upholds Prosecution of Animal Rights Activists as Terrorists

Under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, even an animal-rights protest that causes economic damage to a business — like convincing a consumer to stop purchasing products manufactured by an animal enterprise — is punishable behavior

November 09th, 2017

By Lorraine Bailey

Court Upholds Prosecution of Animal Rights Activists as Terrorists

The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday upheld the prosecution of an animal-rights activist who freed 2,000 minks and foxes from a fur factory as a terrorist. In 2013, Californians Tyler Lang and Kevin Johnson freed 2,000 minks and foxes, and left the words “Liberation in Love” spray-painted on a barn at a fur factory in Morris, Ill.,

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Chicago Police Accused Of Ruining Black Man’s Wedding Day

“On what should have been one of the happiest days of his life, plaintiff Joseph Baskins was instead subjected to a nightmare that would last three years,”

October 21st, 2017

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Chicago Police Accused Of Ruining Black Man’s Wedding Day

An Illinois man claims three intoxicated, on-duty Chicago cops made racist comments and attacked him and his fiancée in a City Hall elevator, landing the man in jail on what was supposed to be his wedding day. “On what should have been one of the happiest days of his life, plaintiff Joseph Baskins was instead subjected to a

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Illinois Judge Rules State Requirements For Third Parties Unconstitutional

Established political parties are not subject to the same rules as third parties, and Illinois is the only state in the nation with a full-slate requirement.

September 25th, 2017

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Illinois Judge Rules State Requirements For Third Parties Unconstitutional

The Seventh Circuit handed a victory to the Libertarian Party on Friday, declaring an Illinois requirement that third parties run a full slate of candidates to get on the ballot unconstitutional. “We have little difficulty concluding that the full-slate requirement severely burdens the First Amendment rights of

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Court Rules Illinois Prosecutor’s Vigilante Police Force Illegal

Former LaSalle County prosecutor Brian Towne formed a police force separate from the county’s police force called the State’s Attorney Felony Enforcement which was tasked with drug interdiction along interstate highways

July 03rd, 2017

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Court Rules Illinois Prosecutor’s Vigilante Police Force Illegal

The Illinois Supreme Court vacated a woman’s drug-trafficking conviction, ruling that a police unit operated by an Illinois county state’s attorney’s office, independent from the county’s regular police force, had no authority to make traffic stops. In 2011, former LaSalle County State’s Attorney Brian Towne formed a police force separate from

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