A group of Christian Street preachers are suing the city of Chicago, claiming Chicago Police wrongly detained or arrested them under the guise of an ordinance regulating amplified noise, as part of an alleged unwritten discriminatory policy hostile to religious speakers.
Two separate lawsuits have been lodged against the city and various Chicago Police officers.
The first was filed in December 2024 by Moody Bible Institute student Ethan Acevedo, of Chicago.
It was followed in March by a separate lawsuit filed by attorneys for traveling street preacher Brett Raio, of Maine; Chicago Street evangelist Perez Ndi; and street preacher Reetik Dhamala, of Wheaton. Those three men renewed their claims against the city and four Chicago Police officers in an amended complaint filed April 17.
“Chicago Police appear to have adopted an unwritten, unlawful, and unconstitutional policy of targeting and arresting religious speakers who use amplification, regardless of whether they actually violate any noise ordinance,” said attorney Robin Rubrecht, an attorney with the Chicago firm of Mauck & Baker, which is representing Acevedo. “Whether through ignorance or by intent, this is unacceptable and must stop.”
Raio, Ndi and Dhamala are being represented by attorneys with the American Center for Law & Justice, of Washington, D.C.
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