ICE agents arrested a police officer Thursday morning in the Chicago suburb of Hanover Park, accusing him of being an unlawful immigrant from Montenegro.

The Department of Homeland Security says the officer, Radule Bojovic, overstayed a tourist visa that expired in 2015.

The Hanover Park Police Department shared a Facebook post in August announcing Bojovic’s recent graduation from the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy, adding that he had started “an intensive 15 weeks of field training and evaluation as he continues preparing to serve the Hanover Park community.”

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[–] 120 points 1 year ago (9 children)

How long until ICE starts arresting ICE agents?

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  • [–] 42 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    There was this big black ice agent with dreads who seemed to love to be violent and I was sorta loling thinking how he is going to easily be on the opposite end ones they don't need his kind.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah he's probably just a sociopath who wants to hurt people, but there's no long term plan for him there

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  • [–] 59 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    “Radule Bojovic violated our nation’s laws and was living ILLEGALLY in the United States for 10 years—what kind of police department gives criminal illegal aliens badges and guns? It’s a felony for aliens to even possess a firearm. A law enforcement officer who is actively breaking the law,” said DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin

    That's how far America is straying from the Rule of Law: this guy has not been found to be illegally in the United States by a Court of Law. As a result, he is not living ILLEGALLY in the United States and is not a criminal. An Assistant Secretary to the Department of Homeland Security should know this, and would have known this in any past Administration of the United States of America.

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  • [+] 31 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You mean like when ChatGPT replied confidently that BLUEBERRY has three Rs? ;-)

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  • Gotta love the all caps. It’s like red hat, you can just tell by the unnecessary all caps and the accusatory manner of writing.

    Anyway, I wonder when the cops will turn on ICE? They’re getting gassed and now getting singled out too. Gotta be a rough choice between beating up minorities yourself and being ok with ICE doing it to you too.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's one take, but the reverse is more fun: what kind of moron thinks that cops aren't criminals?

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  • [–] 67 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    I have a hard time believing this. Like I can't get a job for the current company I am working for without submitting another background check, because my contract ends this weekend. So they had me file another one hoping it will come through by Monday. (I'm sure it won't).

    There is no way those officers didn't also have background checks when they applied. You can't apply to any government job, federal or state in any state I have lived in.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's been known that the federal E-Verify program is an effectively useless system that "verifies" people that aren't actually allowed to work. That's the minimum required by law in most places.

    Given the fact that officers get fired for insane shit and then just move elsewhere and do the same job again... I'm 100% willing to believe that's the extent of what many police departments do, not full background checks.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    This isn't the first cop that's been arrested:

    https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/us/maine-police-officer-immigration-arrest-hnk

    The background check systems don't seem to be very reliable.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I worked in a field that dealt with child care and I know there are a couple of different checks you can get that are more quick checks and then others that are thorough checks. Cost of each is different. Also, background checks are only good right at that moment so if something happens after then of course it won’t be on a background check until it gets reported and you do another check.

    I’m not saying that’s what happened here. I am only trying to point out some specifics about background checks themselves.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Craig said that before Bojovic was hired, the village confirmed that he was legally authorized work in the United States.

    “Background checks performed by the FBI and Illinois State Police revealed no criminal history,” he added. “If Officer Bojovic did not hold federal work authorization, he would not have been hired.”

    He may have overstayed his visa at one point, but was currently legally here. Who knows since there is zero documentation requirements now.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    The article says he was "encountered during a targeted enforcement action." That sounds like they grabbed him while doing something else and everything they're saying after is an attempt to justify accidentally arresting what they later found out to be a cop who legally immigrated to the US.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago

    Now do the other way

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    The leopards are starting to eat their own faces.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    He's Slavic, so technically he's not white according to these sons of bitches.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Keep these pieces of shit [ICE] out of your country.

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    If I was an illegal immigrant, I would work for ICE so I don't get caught. I would also accidently have people slip between my fingers.

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    [–] 31 points 1 year ago

    I'm sure this has nothing at all to do with Chicago cops not cooperating with ice, right?

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    They claimed legal aliens cannot legally possess firearms. That is false. I'm not surprised the reporter couldn't be bothered to look into it, but is ICE hiring grade-schoolers or what?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    So if a cop with qualified immunity shoots an ICE officer with qualified immunity, it's just a net win for society, right?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Intensive 15 weeks. That's not even half a year of training.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Didn't realize the blue line was so thin.

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