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NATO 3” Trial Continues amid Claims of Police Entrapment

HeadlineJan 31, 2014

A trial is continuing in Illinois for three activists known as the NATO 3. Brian Jacob Church, Brent Betterly and Jared Chase traveled to Chicago for protests against the NATO summit in 2012. Two undercover police officers infiltrated the activist community and were present when the defendants allegedly made Molotov cocktails. The three now face up to 175 years in prison if convicted on all counts under a post-9/11 state anti-terrorism law, which is being invoked for the first time in their case. Supporters say police used aggressive tactics to entrap the NATO 3. On Thursday, one of the police officers admitted he volunteered to make Molotov cocktails with the activists, saying he did so in order to be “included in their plans.”

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