Douglas Gary Freeman: Chicago Police Officer

Conrad Black Dept: Douglas Gary Freeman, 63, said it s unfair that Ottawa won t grant him a temporary resident permit like the one given to former media baron Conrad Black, because of a violent confrontation with Chicago police officer Terrence Knox back in 1969, according to The Star. I was forced to defend myself, Freeman said in an email. Back then young black men were demonized for defending themselves against police brutality. A former Toronto librarian s assistant says he s being forced to spend another Christmas away from his family in the GTA because he defended himself against a racist attack from a Chicago police officer 43 years ago. In an email to , Freeman says he was just acting in self-defence against a savage attack that day in Chicago, when he was 19 years old. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.