The head of the Chicago Police Department on Friday offered an impassioned defense of his decision not to fire an officer for fraternizing with members of the far right Proud Boys and failing to tell police brass that he had come under FBI scrutiny.
At a City Council budget hearing, CPD Supt. David Brown stressed the department has “zero tolerance” for sworn officers “being members of” or “associating with” hate groups and, if he could prove that’s what happened, it would justify firing Officer Robert Bakker — though he didn’t mention Bakker by name.
