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Officers in law enforcement agencies across the country have joined private hate groups on Facebook, participating in the spread of extremism.
Our analysis includes some of the most extensive evidence yet that militias are drawing support – and membership – from within U.S. law enforcement.
Not a single department has said it disciplined an officer for Islamophobic posts or membership in an anti-Islam group.
More than 150 law enforcement agencies were notified of their officers’ ties to extremist groups. Only one has publicly taken any significant action.
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?