Chicago Police Officer Karol Chwiesiuk and his sister Agnes say they are facing a prejudgment day before their trial on Capitol riot-related charges.
An I-Team report from nearly six weeks ago is cited in a motion to relocate the trial that is set for two months from now.Sidelined CPD officer Karol Chwiesiuk and his sister, Agnes, say they are facing a prejudgment day before their May 1 trial on Capitol riot-related charges.
According to a new motion filed by the Chwiesiuks, they can't get a fair trial in Washington because "residents of the District of Columbia are more tied to the federal government in that it is where the greatest number of federal employees live," a population subjected to saturation news coverage about the Capitol riot with participants acting as soldiers in a war against the government...people described as insurrectionists, extremists, zealots, and terrorists.
"The fact that a Chicago police officer has been charged in that attack on American democracy makes my blood boil," said Supt. David Brown in July 2021.
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