Chicago police officers with ties to extremist Oath Keepers stay on the force. Some have troubling records.
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An investigation by WBEZ, Chicago Sun-Times and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project found allegations of excessive force, improper searches and racist comments on the job.

Key Findings

  • Officials closed a probe into Chicago cops’ ties to the Oath Keepers last year without finding any wrongdoing or even investigating most of the officers linked to the group.
  • Many of the cops on the Oath Keepers’ rolls worked in the Special Operations Section, which was disbanded amid revelations that some members committed brazen robberies and the purported ringleader plotted to murder a colleague.

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  • SeaJ@lemm.ee
    8·
    10 months ago

    Next week on Chicago PD…

    The Chicago police have had issues with extremists for a long time. Jon Burge straight up tortured black suspects for decades and went to prison for it but the Chicago police union still mourned his passing a couple years ago.

  • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
    4·
    10 months ago

    You mean people who believe in conspiracies and racist ideologies are bad people?

    Shocked I tell you. Flabbergasted. Astonished. Utterly gobsmacked.