No extremist groups are on the list barring Chicago police officer membership, only street gangs. The document includes 675 gang factions that department members are forbidden from joining – but no hate or extremist groups.

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

The document includes 675 gang factions that department members are forbidden from joining – but no hate or extremist groups. A police spokesperson indicated such groups will be identified on a case-b...

I haven’t looked at the list of street gangs as defined by CPD but I’m going out on a limb here … they’re primarily Black with maybe some being Hispanic. But the vast majority of extremist hate groups not on the list have mostly white membership.

Simple, cops ARE a gang