Fort et al. v. Daley et al., Bey et al, Daley et al: the Black Stone Rangers (the Black P Stone Nation)

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Plaintiffs are members of the Black Stone Rangers street gang, sometimes known as the Black P Stone Nation.

The facts on which the presently pending prosecutions were allegedly based are as follows:

In the Fort complaint it is alleged that members of the plaintiff’s group were engaging in a peaceful protest march down the parkway in the center of Garfield Boulevard in Chicago, under the supervision and with the permission of the local police, when members of the Gang Intelligence Unit arrived and arrested them.

The Bey complaint alleges that plaintiffs were engaged in peaceful discussions with the principal of Forrestville High School in Chicago, at the latter’s invitation, when members of the Gang Intelligence Unit arrived on the scene, uninvited by school authorities, and arrested plaintiffs.

The only incident admitted in the complaint was a minor scuffle in which a student’s glasses were accidentally knocked off and one lens broken.

Jeff Fort et al., Petitioners-appellants, v. Richard J. Daley et al., Respondents-appellees. Charles Edward Bey et al., Petitioners-appellants, v. Richard J. Daley et al., Respondents-appellees, 431 F.2d 1128 (7th Cir. 1970). US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit – 431 F.2d 1128. August 7, 1970