Protesters Turn Up at Court House for NATO Terror Suspects

Six others arrested with them have been released without charges

Saturday, May 19, 2012 | Updated 2:48 PM CDT

Protesters at Court House for Terror Suspects

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A photo released by the Occupy Chicago press arm shows the equipment in question at a Bridgeport apartment. Police charged three of the tenants at the complex with terrorism counts.

About a dozen NATO summit demonstrators turned up Saturday outside a south Chicago courthouse where three fellow activists appeared on terrorism conspiracy charges.

The three men were arrested Wednesday in a nighttime police raid on an apartment building in the Bridgeport neighborhood. They're accused of trying to make Molotov cocktails ahead of the two-day summit that starts Sunday.

Six others arrested with them have been released without charges.

According to court documents, the arrested were planning on attacking 4 police stations, Obama campaign headquarters, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s house.

They were staying at the home of William Vassilakis. He was among those outside the courthouse Saturday and said the charges against the three men are "bogus."

He called the police action a "scare tactic" to dissuade people from protesting.