Five Indiana men charged in Illinois mob attack

[The Northerner]

TINLEY PARK, Ill. — Cook County prosecutors have charged five Indiana men with felony mob action after a group of more than a dozen people dressed in black attacked diners at a suburban Chicago restaurant.

A spokeswoman for the Cook County state's attorney tells the Chicago Sun-Times on Monday (http://bit.ly/LdoePY) that the five men are also charged with aggravated battery and criminal damage to property. The attack happened on Saturday at Ashford House restaurant in Tinley Park.

Spokeswoman Sally Daly says more charges could be filed later.

Tinley Park police say diners were gathered for a meal when a group of between 15 and 18 people "began an altercation" with them. Police say they think the mob targeted the diners.

Tinley Park police and the South Suburban Major Crimes Task Force are investigating.

Source: http://www.starcourier.com/newsnow/x358788555/Five-Indiana-men-charged-in-Illinois-mob-attack

[KharmaTrain]

1. Hopefully You're Not Trying To Link This To The NATO Protests...

Tinley Park is about 40 miles Southwest of Chicago...far from where the NATO action is...

[The Northerner]

3. No connection between this attack and the anti-NATO protests has been proven

From what I've read, the attack was described as an isolated incident between two feuding groups of people at a Tinley Park restaurant.

[dana_b]

2. wow! That article sure left out a lot of information!!

See this thread (the whole thread):
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014125385

I am NOT justifying the attacks (violence is wrong!) but it is interesting that this article chose to leave out the information about why the attack happened.

[coalition_unwilling]

4. And here I thought I was going to be reading about how Chicago pigs

had been charged with violating protesters' civil rights.

Oh well.

I guess when cops do it, that means it's legal (channeling my inner Nixon).