If the Chicago Police Department expects residents to assist in their investigations and view its officers as honest and hard-working, it would help if they did a better job weeding out and thoroughly vetting cops who rubbed elbows with extremist right-wing organizations.
It would help, too, if CPD officials stopped simply parroting the line that it’s not a violation of department policy to be affiliated with groups that are anathema to many law-abiding people, especially those who are Black and Brown.
