After Capitol riot, police chiefs work to root out officers with ties to extremist groups

Washington Post via MSN ^ | 1/24/20 | Kimberly Kindy, Mark Berman, Kim Bellware

[Libloather]

The revelation that the Capitol mob - covered in emblems of extremist groups - included off-duty law enforcement officers possibly assisted by working police is escalating pressure on sheriffs and police chiefs nationwide to root out staff with ties to white supremacist and far-right armed groups.

Law enforcement leaders have faced criticism in the past for failing to police their own officers’ involvement with extremist groups. However, the selfie photos that off-duty officers took inside the Capitol during the violent siege, which left one police officer dead and dozens of others injured, were a wake-up call for many who have long denied the extent of the problem within policing.

National Sheriffs’ Association President David Mahoney said many police leaders have treated officers with extremist beliefs as outliers and have underestimated the damage they can inflict on the profession and the nation.

“We saw the anti-government, anti-equality and racist comments coming out during the Obama administration. Shame on us for representing it as freedom of speech and for not recognizing it was chiseling away at our democracy,” Mahoney said in an interview. “As we move forward, we need to make sure we are teaching our current staff members that they must have the courage to speak out when they know about another deputy’s or officer’s involvement. There should be no reference to the thin blue line.”

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Define extremist group?

[Bikkuri]

"ties to white supremacist and far-right armed groups"

They never give up, do they.. There is video evidence of whom it really was, but they keep their PRAVDA crap going.

[The MAGA-Deplorian]

Funny how none of the Capital Police are being Interrogated on why they took down their bicycle barriers and let people into the Capital. To me they are the ones that need to be charges with conspiracy to commit insurrection

[JohnBrowdie]

thought police for the police.

[Grampa Dave]

Define extremist group?

Anyone who isn’t a brain damaged liberal!

[Aria]

Define extremist group?

Anyone who doesn't worship Saint Nancy.

[PghBaldy]

I saw very little actual racist comments online or elsewhere when Obama was POTUS. This guy is imagining things.

[proxy_user]

An invitation to lawsuits, probably leading to big payouts.

[Fido969]

Oathkeepers, probably.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Here you go. "Extremist." What else would you like to know?

[Irenic]

If you disagree with the left—you’re gone.

Does that mean people can fire leftist and just not hire them, too?

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[dp0622]

“Of European Descent”

[Skywise]

Meanwhile the government is infested with communist and AntiFa members who are happily supported.

[Deaf Smith]

Oath Keepers is now a Extremist group per the msm and the Left

[SpaceBar]

Cleansing their ranks of non-ideological purists... just like nazis, commies, and other filth.

[lastchance]

So many lies. This is the new normal.

[piasa]

So, how much money is Mahoney getting from Soros...

[Paladin2]

Bolsheviks after Tsarists....