No extremist groups on list barring Chicago police officer membership, only street gangs

No extremist groups on list barring Chicago police officer membership, only street gangs

Facing sharp criticism for tolerating officers with ties to extremist groups, the Chicago Police Department implemented new rules earlier this year aimed at barring officers from joining such organizations.But the department’s registry of “criminal and biased organizations” does not list any of the far-right groups that officers have associated with, such as the Ku Klux Klan, Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.The document includes 675 gang factions th…