An Oak Lawn teen who was badly injured in a violent arrest has been formally charged in court.
Family and supporters of the teen are calling for the officers to be charged with violating his civil rights.
"We've been saying from the beginning that the crime that was committed was the crime of those officers assaulting that young man," said Muhammad Sankari, Lead Organizer for the Arab American Action Network. "Someone must be held accountable ... at any given time," said Bishop Tavis Grant, National Field Director for the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.Members of the Arab American Action Network are calling the use of excessive force racially motivated.that I have read and agree
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