Thread by @FriendsofBones

On September 28, Peter Stackpole held a fundraising event for @FanonRucker at his home.

Together with Zachary Gottesman, Stackpole is making a play for the very lucrative police union contract.

Controversial FOP head Dan Hils endorsed the Gottesman Group as a more "aggressive, hungry" legal firm, who promises to use controversial "innovative ideas," including "proactive and aggressive civil litigation."

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Hils: "These parties need to be dealt with aggressively and publicly. To be blunt they need to be sued every time they sneeze! When you mess with us, we will mess with you should be our message."

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Stackpole and Gottesman have already begun their campaign to stifle police criticism and chill complaints. In Ryan Olthaus vs. Niesen et al, they brought a SLAPP suit against citizens precisely for the content of their complaints to the CCA before they were even investigated.

We call on @FanonRucker to condemn Peter Stackpole's litigious crusade to intimidate citizens, undermine the Citizen's Citizen Complaint Authority and Collaborative Agreement, and return the campaign funds raised by Stackpole on his behalf.

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