However, when the scheduled time came for Lorenzo to speak, he was ignored. When he took over a microphone and began to read a statement denouncing police brutality, he was seized, beaten and arrested by police. The trial of The Chattanooga 3 is scheduled to begin October 28, 1999. Chattanooga has a long history of police brutality. It ranks No. 1 among U.S. cities with populations under 200,000 for reported acts of police brutality.
Similar laws exist in almost every state.
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