Robert Bakker, Chicago police officer, won't be fired for his links to the Proud Boys and not telling the department he was under FBI investigation.
A Chicago police officer won't be fired for fraternizing with members of the far right Proud Boys and failing to tell police officials he had come under FBI scrutiny, the city's watchdog announced Friday.
The investigation was sparked after Vice reported on his ties in May 2020. The initial reporting centered on leaked chat logs showing Bakker communicating and organizing meetings with members of the Proud Boys, which has been designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Canadian government.While Bakker previously told the Sun-Times he was never a member of the group, he didn't deny taking part in a Proud Boys Telegram channel.
The department's Bureau of Internal Affairs previously found that Bakker failed to submit a written report explaining he was under FBI investigation and recommended a five-day suspension, according to the report. The inspector general's office found that the internal affairs bureau "failed to account for all available evidence," noting also that Bakker may have discredited the department and made inconsistent statements to the FBI and the BIA.
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