CHICAGO -- Chicago Police have been preparing for the Democratic National Convention this summer - and the huge number of protesters coming with it.New policies, including one that allows mass arrests of protesters, have caught the eye of First Amendment advocates - and of the protesters themselves. Chicago Police are calling the practice 'coordinated multiple arrest incidents,' or CMAs.
In this a federal court filing last month, the American Civil Liberties Union and a coalition of protesters zeroes in on 'serious deficiencies in the mass arrest policy' - a policy they say 'eviscerates protections required by the First Amendment.''CPD doesn't need any more slack in their leash,' said Joe Iosbaker of the Coalition to March on DNC. 'They need a tighter leash.
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