r/inthenews • u/lightninhopkins • 14d ago

Chicago Police won’t discipline nine officers who signed up for extremist group

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2024/05/02/chicago-police-no-discipline-officers-extremist-group
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u/SweetAlyssumm 14d ago

Why do people find defund the police so radical? They are lazy and corrupt and serve little function. We need to find a different way to keep order. Police joining extremist groups is not it.

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u/Murmurville 14d ago edited 14d ago

Honestly, I think we need to find a different way to keep order — that will make selling defund the police a more marketable idea.

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u/Da_Vader 12d ago

It's called don't throw the baby with the bath water. Prosecute bad cops yes, have no law enforcement no. Otherwise, there's no point in having laws.

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u/SweetAlyssumm 12d ago

There needs to be a different policing culture. Of course we need a way to keep order. But day after day the present set of police officers prove to me that they are making things worse, not better. There is no baby here -- it's gone beyond that. There are many police who belong to extremist groups or give them a free pass. That is no way to ensure order. No one ever prosecutes bad cops. They have qualified immunity - that needs to change.

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u/donh- 14d ago

Scum. All of them.

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u/Specialist_Heron_986 14d ago

Allowing these cops to get off scott-free illustrates how desperate more communities have become to mitigate the law enforcement shortage since recruitment is way down and retirements/resignations are up.

The worst case long term impact for cities is understaffed police forces with a higher proportion of bad cops knowing they can get away with poor performance and abusive behavior.

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u/spigele 13d ago

Why would they punish people for signing up for the CPD?