PRESS STATEMENT: CAIR-Chicago Urges Dismissal of Police Detective who Allegedly Made Anti-Muslim, Racist Posts
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Photo by CAIR-Chicago Communications, Chicago Police Department officers captured at the March on DNC on August 19, 2024.
(CHICAGO, IL, 9/18/2024) - The Chicago Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today urged the dismissal of a police detective over allegedly posting hundreds of social media posts expressing anti-Muslim, racist and bigoted sentiments.
A veteran Chicago police detective, Shawn Popow, is under investigation over posts he reportedly made expressing anti-Muslim and racist sentiments.
“Law enforcement officers pledge an oath to serve and protect all citizens,” said CAIR-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab. “If the investigation determines that this detective did in fact make those posts, we urge the department to dismiss him.”
He said that CAIR-Chicago and the American Muslim community stand in solidarity with all those challenging antisemitism, systemic anti-Black racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, white supremacy, and all other forms of bigotry.
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CAIR-Chicago’s mission is to defend civil rights, fight bigotry, and promote understanding.
CONTACT: Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of CAIR Chicago, 202-870-0166, arehab@cair.com; Maggie Slavin, Operations Manager of CAIR-Chicago, 815-590-3991, mslavin@cair.com; Hafsa Haider, Communications Coordinator of CAIR-Chicago, 561-317-7509, hhaider@cair.com