Legal Opinion
United States v. Clarence E. Braasch
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 23, 1974No. 74-1000 thru 74-1017 and 74-1105PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Associate Justice.
This prosecution, brought under the extortion statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, 1 depicts a betrayal of public trust of the most alarming type to a free society: the corruption of the entire vice squad of the 18th Police District of Chicago over a period of many years.
The indictment covers the period from 1966 to 1970 during the tenure of Captain Clarence E. Braasch as Commander of the 18th Police District and names as coconspirators more than two dozen police officers who were attached to the 18th District during all or part of that period, including Braasch and three vice…
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