CHICAGO (WLS) — A lawsuit takes aim specifically at off-duty police officers working as security guards for Home Depot, alleging that they are purposely targeting day laborers, who are perceived to be recent Venezuelan migrants, for abuse and arrest.
Rallying outside of federal court on Tuesday, activists from Raise the Floor Alliance came out to decry what they say is a pattern of abuse against recent migrants seeking employment as day laborers, announcing the filing of lawsuit naming the Home Depot at West 45th Street and South Western Avenue along with at least two off-duty Chicago police officers who work security there.
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“Off-duty CPD officers are at the Home Depot and are targeting people based on their perceived race, ethnicity and national origin, and they are taking them from a public place and taking them inside of a store and using excessive force …