Some history of the MN police union head's motorcycle club...

[AntiFascist]

https://www.twincities.com/2009/01/10/ruben-rosario-cops-off-duty-club-questioned-in-lawsuit/

So, consider the following: Can local Twin Cities cops, particularly one mentioned but not named as a defendant in a pending racial-discrimination lawsuit filed by five black Minneapolis police officers, be held responsible for the questionable conduct of associates in an off-duty capacity?

Nearly a dozen Minneapolis and St. Paul cops belong to the Twin Cities chapter of City Heat, a Chicago-based, off-duty law-enforcement motorcycle club. The club Web site’s photo gallery contains, last I looked, pictures of some members wearing recognized symbols of hate and racism on their “colors” vests.

One unidentified member is wearing a KKK cross emblem with an “I’m here for the hanging” patch right below it. Other members wear “No blacks” patches and an assortment of swastikas, Confederate flags, Iron Crosses and other items that hate-crime watchdog groups say are often displayed by members of neo-Nazi or white-supremacist groups.

None of the dozen or so Minneapolis and St. Paul cops who belong to the club’s local chapter is seen in the posted pictures wearing any of the items. That includes Minneapolis police Lt. Robert Kroll, a member of City Heat who says he is “vaguely familiar” with the lawsuit.

[MyOwnPeace]

1. Sounds like a "neat" bunch of guys....

that are simply "misunderstood."

[ProfessorGAC]

3. But, I'm So Glad They're Cops!

Well, not glad.
What's the word?
Oh, yeah! Revolted!

[MyOwnPeace]

4. Yeah - "misunderstood"

[Caliman73]

2. Shows you the culture

They can't (and I am not a lawyer so, with a grain of salt) be held legally liable for actions on their own time, but I am sure it can be used as an example of the culture surrounding the department.

I can't imagine that belonging to and associating with people who wear those insignia, wouldn't have an effect on your own attitude.