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Reporting by Chicago public radio station WBEZ, the Chicago Sun-Times and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) has identified nine current and at least 18 former members of the Chicago Police Department on past internal rosters of the Oath Keepers obtained by OCCRP. The investigation identified another 12 working in law enforcement elsewhere in Illinois who were on these lists, which cover the period from 2009 to 2018.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Unsurprising, really.

CPD was also outed as having a black site for torture a few years ago.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Cops are fascists? Tell me something i don't know...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

No surprise there. Cops are just state-sanctioned right-wing terrorists already. Makes sense they'd go for some off-duty terrorism as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I understand hate fueled by the greedy.

It's beyond disgusting but I understand it.

hating because your told to hate by these same greedy asshats.

Where do they even get the energy.

I have lost all faith in my fellow man.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

What oaths are they keeping? Have they even made an oath?