Jan 22 6:18 PM

NATO 3 trial begins: drunken tough talk or terrorist plot?

The 'NATO 3': Brent Vincent Betterly, Jared Chase, and Brian Church.
Chicago Police Department/AP.
The Stream (Al Jazeera)

The trial for three protesters charged with plotting a terrorist attack during the 2012 NATO summit began Tuesday, with the jury set to hear two very different versions of the events. The prosecution argues that the protesters, known as the NATO 3, planned to firebomb several locations at the Chicago summit and engaged in violence against police officers. The defense says the NATO 3 were victims of a reckless police investigation that violated their First Amendment rights.

The following is an illustration of the NATO 3 shared by one of their supporters:

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