Feds reach plea deal amid allegations of white supremacist postings involving Chicago cop
CHICAGO - Federal prosecutors have reached a last-minute plea deal with a man facing drug and weapons charges after his attorneys uncovered alleged white supremacist Facebook posts involving a potential key witness: a veteran Chicago police tactical officer who works in a predominantly African-American district.
Sean Najm, one of the officers who made the arrest, has denied any of the posts are racist and has insisted he has innocent explanations for them. A police spokesman told the Tribune that Najm has been placed on desk duty pending an internal investigation.
The plea deal with Edwin Brown, who is black, avoided a trial at a time when the city and the Police Department are still struggling to rebuild trust among minorities in the wake of the Laquan McDonald scandal.
The trial had
