Lawsuits claim cops engaged in election night hate crimes!
CHICAGO,
Illinois - November 15, 2008 – While Illinois Senator Barack Obama
ascended to the highest office in the United States, a family on Chicago's west
end allegedly met the business end of racial hatred on Election Day. The family
is suing the Chicago Police Department.
Niger Arnold claims that while her neighbors celebrated Obama's election in the streets, police fired pepper spray into the crowd. When she and her family scrambled indoors, five white officers burst into her home with their guns drawn.
She claims that no reason was given for the forcible intrusion, and instead the officers cursed at her and made racist remarks.
"If you can't trust the police, who can you trust?" asked Arnold.
Her attorney, Gregory Kulis, is seeking videotape from a nearby police street camera, and says the suit is one of two he's filed related to election night violence.
The Chicago Police Department has referred the complaint to an independent review panel.
