More than 150 law enforcement agencies were notified of their officers’ ties to extremist groups. Only one has publicly taken any significant action.
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American cops have openly engaged in Islamophobia on Facebook, with no penalties
Not a single department has said it disciplined an officer for Islamophobic posts or membership in an anti-Islam group.
These police officers were members of extremist groups on Facebook
We downloaded data from Facebook and asked a question: How many people were members of at least one extremist group and at least one police group?
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Law and Disorder – Part 1
In this episode of Reveal, we investigate why minorities and kids with special needs face criminal charges for acting out in school; we uncover how police are poisoned on the job, and trace how people are building assault weapons from parts they buy online; and we gain insight into an elusive character fighting the death penalty in the most high profile of ways.