Alderman: Police need to explain spying on protesters

Criticizing what he called the Chicago Police Department’s “misplaced priorities,” an alderman called Wednesday for a City Council hearing into police spying on protest groups. Ald. Scott Waguespack (32nd Ward), a mayoral critic and leader of the council’s Progressive Caucus, characterized the police monitoring of labor organizations, Occupy Chicago, Rainbow PUSH and other demonstrators as […]