On August 6, 2024, People’s Law Office lawyers Flint Taylor and Ben Elson joined with Raise the Floor and Workers Law Office lawyers to file a 17 count complaint on behalf of four Venezuelan and one Columbian day laborers (journaleros), and the Latino Union alleging that off duty Chicago Police officers, “moonlighting” as security officers at the Western and 47th Street Home Depot, with racial animus and using their power as CPD officers, together with Home Depot officers, brutalized the workers and detained, arrested and prosecuted them on bogus charges. The suit also centers long-standing CPD policies, practices and customs, specifically as they encourage this unconstitutional use of force and unlawful arrests, by failing to properly supervise, control and discipline officers who use their police powers while they are working secondary employment.
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