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46 Nos. 77-1698, 77-1210 & 77-1370 On the morning of December 4 several raiders met with Hanrahan and Jalovee to discuss the raid. Mitchell met with Groth and Jalovee the same morning and left immediately prior to Hanrahan’s first press conference. From these conversations emerged an allegedly dis- torted, if not false, account of the raid which justified the officers’ actions. In the days that followed, Hanrahan instituted a promotional campaign. Despite their aware- ness of conflicting stories, Hanrahan, Jalovec, and the raiders continued to circulate reports to justify the continuation of plaintiffs’ detention. And it was the raiders’ testimony which provided much of the basis for the indictments Hanrahan brought against the sur- vivors. The irregularities in the series of official investi- gations into the raid also constitute evidence from which there could be found a concerted effort to suppress facts about the planning and execution of the raid and to justify the charges filed against the survivors. For example, at the internal investigation (IID) conducted by the Chicago Police Department, customary pro- cedures were abandoned. Detailed statements normaliy taken were never obtained. Jalovec and Sorosky, present at Hanrahan’s direction, met with the raiders immedi- ately before the raiders supplied their previously prepared, uniform answers to predetermined questions. t the same time, a ballistics report, compiled under pressure from the State’s Attorney’s Office and several of the raiders, was issued by Sadunas of the Chicago Police Department. Despite its lack of completeness, the report immediately was used to Support the raiders’ account of the raid, the IID findings, and the Cook County indictments. The concerted effort to Suppress facts is further evidenced by the obstruction of the federal grand jury investigation, caused by the failure of the federal defendants to turn over materials sought by the grand jury. The evidence shows that a jury could find that. Johnson’s testimony before the grand jury was false and misleading and concealed the involvement of FBI headquarters and the roles of Piper, Mitchell, and