Chicago police won't discipline 9 officers tied to Oath Keepers extremist group

[demmiblue]

Chicago Police Department leaders said Thursday they have decided not to punish any officers whose names appeared on the leaked membership list of the Oath Keepers, an anti-government extremist group that played a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

“The investigation is closed and the allegations were not sustained,” a spokeswoman for the CPD said in a statement, declining to provide any documents from the internal probe.

The brief statement stood in stark contrast to Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling’s zero-tolerance vow to the City Council in October, after WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times revealed the misconduct records of cops with ties to the Oath Keepers.

In a joint investigation, “Extremism in the Ranks,” WBEZ, the Sun-Times and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project found 27 current and former Chicago police officers whose names appeared in leaked Oath Keepers membership records. Nine remained on active duty, some with troubling disciplinary histories, according to public records.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/05/02/chicago-police-no-discipline-officers-extremist-group

[LiberalFighter]

1. Not acceptable!

Tired of law enforcement protecting corrupt cops.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Agreed

The statement from the CPD spokesman is awfully weak, too.

[Chainfire]

2. Apparently right-wing extremism is not seen as a disqualifying factor in policing any more.

The enemy is controlling the gates.

[MOMFUDSKI]

4. Why is it that the cops and firefighters are

going MAGA?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

5. Reform continues apace I see

[SarahD]

6. That's appropriate.

Merely being a member of a criminal group is not a crime. I'm far more worried about covering up for cops who commit crimes, violate civil rights, etc.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

7. Just curious, can they also be Klan members and be a cop?

If I’m not mistaken, their employment contract says no extremist group memberships.

[SarahD]

8. Probably not, but it would be specific.

The contract clause would have to name the group. I suspect it would include the Klan, communist party, any group advocating violence or criminal activity, etc. Merely mentioning "extremist groups" is too vague.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

10. The founder of The Oath Keepers is currently serving 20 years in the slammer for sedition.

It’s an anti government extremest group whose main tenet is police officers not following government orders.

The communist party? Are they still trying to overthrow the government?

[dembotoz]

9. list should be the starting point not the ending one

sen joe mccarthy was rather known for lots of lists