Callling Inspector Renault

I'm shocked! Shocked! To find that gambling is going on this establishment

Is anyone surprised that Is anyone surprised that a hack of the white supremacist right wing Oath Keepers has revealed that dozens of officers in the New York area are active members of the group.

I am not at all surprised.  Police forces across the nation have been offering tacit support to right wing racists for decades now, with the latest behavior during Black Lives Matter protests being merely the latest example.

The question now is what the people in the governments of the City and State of New York will do about this.

I would suggest going through every one of these officers' records with a fine toothed comb, and then firing them all.  This is no different than their being a member of the KKK:

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said it will scrutinize NYPD ranks following a WNYC/Gothamist investigation of online records that appears to tie several New York law enforcement officers and public officials—including at least two active members of the NYPD—to a far-right, anti-government militia.

The mayor’s investigation comes after an anonymous hacker released what it claims are emails and membership data from the Oath Keepers, an extremist militia group that had a notable presence at the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6th. Eighteen people affiliated with the group have so far been charged with conspiracy related to that event.

The hacked membership records were sent to a transparency nonprofit group called Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets), which shares leaked data with journalists and researchers. The records posted on the internet Monday do not make clear if the members listed are currently active in the militia.

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NYPD rules prohibit members of the force from knowingly associating with organizations “reasonably believed” to be engaged in criminal activities.

“The Oath Keepers are a vile, extremist anti-government organization,” said Bill Neidhardt, a de Blasio spokesman. “An immediate internal investigation has been launched.”

In response to a WNYC/Gothamist inquiry, the NYPD said “the incidents are under internal review.”

The founder of Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes, has long claimed the militia group successfully recruited thousands of current and former police officers, first responders, and military personnel.

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In New York, WNYC/Gothamist was able to identify dozens of names that appeared to match those of current and former police, court, and corrections officers in New York City and other jurisdictions, including Nassau County on Long Island, and Dutchess and Greene Counties in upstate New York.

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The hack also includes detailed information on Ed Keyrouze, chief of staff for the New York Guard, a state volunteer force, and civilian employee of the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs, which oversees the state’s approximately 20,000 national guard and naval militia members.

In the logs, the entry associated with Keyrouze refers to his ability to“recruit from NY Army & Air Guard, NY State Guard & USCG [Coast Guard] Auxiliary.”

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The logs also included some aspiring and current county political officials. [All Republicans, what a shock.]

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In February, the NYPD confirmed to The New York Daily News it was investigating another officer, who was seen with Oath Keeper members hours before the January 6th attacks. The NYPD did not provide an update on the status of that probe.

Here is hoping that de Blasio takes actions before his term expires.  I'm pretty sure that his almost certain successor, Eric Adams, is a cop whose political branding is as a supporter of the worst excesses of the NYPD, most notably his full throated support of "Stop and Frisk."

I'm pretty sure that any investigation would be killed once Adams takes office on January 1.