[news] Guns, Graft and Greed: Picking Chicago's Pockets with the Olympics

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

The Olympics always want their pound of flesh...BUT THERE are some residents who think that the people of [Chicago] have given quite enough skin, not to mention blood and tears. A group of activists calling themselves **Black People Against Police Torture** (BPAPT) wants to keep the Olympics out...The group argues, **"A city which tortures its own residents does not deserve the Olympics"**...[I]f Chicago were in fact "honored" with the Olympics, a resurgence of police repression would surely follow.

  


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