Baker v. City of Chicago

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION BEN BAKER and CLARISSA GLENN, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) No. 16-cv-08940 v. ) ) Judge Andrea R. Wood CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiffs Ben Baker and Clarissa Glenn allege that a group of Chicago Police Department (“CPD”) officers led by former sergeant Ronald Watts concocted a scheme to frame Baker for drug crimes. As part of the scheme, in March 2005, officers planted heroin and cocaine on Baker before arresting him. Then, in December 2005, officers arrested…