No extremism in the Chicago police ranks? We need more convincing.
No offense to Supt. Larry Snelling, but we're looking forward to a review by City Hall’s independent inspector general, Deborah Witzburg.
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No offense to Supt. Larry Snelling, but we're looking forward to a review by City Hall’s independent inspector general, Deborah Witzburg.
Supt. Larry Snelling said his department’s internal affairs investigators had “reached out to everybody” in its Oath Keepers probe.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling had earlier vowed to rid the department of officers on the anti-government group Oath Keepers rolls
We wanted to find out what records these officers are leaving. And we wanted to hear from civilians about their own experiences with these sworn law-enforcement officers on the streets of Chicago and in other parts of Illinois.
The move by the Cook County state’s attorney’s office comes weeks after WBEZ and the Sun-Times identified officers who appeared on leaked membership rolls for the anti-government group.