Chicago police accused of planting evidence in ‘Molotov cocktail’ plot

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Police say men planned to target Barack Obama’s election headquarters but lawyers claim evidence was planted.

Lawyers for three protesters arrested on terrorist-related charges ahead of the NATO summit have accused police of entrapping them and encouraging an alleged bomb-making effort.

A lawyer for the three, Michael Deutsch, said undercover police officers had entrapped them by infiltrating the group and encouraging the bomb-making effort. The Chicago police department declined to comment on the tactics employed in the case.

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