Chicago Police Suspend Officers Caught Sleeping In Congressman’s Office During Summer BLM Riot

The Chicago Police Department suspended 17 of its police officers accused of lounging in Rep. Bobby Rush’s office during a riot over the summer.

One officer was issued a reprimand while 17 officers were given suspensions, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) said in a statement to The Daily Caller News Foundation. The department wouldn’t provide specific details citing the ongoing grievance process in which the officers could appeal the discipline.

“The Bureau of Internal Affairs has concluded the investigation into allegations against Chicago Police Department members seen inside Congressman Bobby Rush’s office,” the CPD said in the statement.

“The members have been notified of the results of the investigation,” the statement continued. “One member was issued a reprimand and 17 were given suspensions.”

The Chicago Fraternal Order of Police has filed grievances challenging the suspensions, which vary in length, the union’s president John Catanzara told The Chicago Sun-Times. Catanzara argued that the officers who were accused of relaxing in Rep. Bobby Rush’s office had nothing else to do.

“What do you want people to do when there was nothing going on? They had already secured the whole property,” Catanzara said, according to The Sun-Times. “They had originally walked through the parking lot around the back side of all of the buildings to make sure all the doors were secure when they arrived there.”

The officers allegedly entered Rush’s office late on May 31, lounged with their feet on desks, made coffee and ate p... (Read more)

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