McLIN BY AND THROUGH HARVEY v. City of Chicago

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ROVNER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs Calvin McLin and Joseph Weaver, both of whom are young black men, allege that they were waiting for a bus when two white members of the Chicago Police Department ordered them into a squad car, drove them around, verbally abused them, and ultimately dropped them off in a neighborhood which the officers knew to be hostile and dangerous for blacks. As a result, McLin and Weaver were allegedly assaulted by a group of white and hispanic civilians. Plaintiffs have now filed this civil rights lawsuit against the white and…