Chicago police supervisor resigns while being investigated for racist Facebook posts
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Chicago police supervisor resigns while being investigated for racist Facebook posts

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A Chicago police supervisor has retired while being investigated for making racist and incendiary posts on his Facebook profile, which he falsely claimed was hacked, Fox 32 reports. "Lt. Cannon’s posts disparage the same protected classes he took an oath to protect and serve, including Muslims, African Americans, Hispanics, Asian Americans, the LGBTQ community, and women," stated the COPA report. "Cannon contended emails sent by administrators to the school community in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd discriminated against white people and police officers," Fox 32's report stated. "He followed up the complaint with a lawsuit claiming a fellow student sent an email blast on behalf of a lawyers group calling for the removal of Chicago police officers from the school.

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