‘Offensive’: The iMovie video, apparently created by Alex Alvarez, displayed ‘racially insensitive’ images of a person in a white Ku Klux Klan hood (left) and a caricature of President Obama with gold-capped teeth (right)
Three police officers in Florida were fired after racist text messages were released. A fourth police officer resigned, but authorities stated that he would have been fired anyway if he did not resign. The officers used racist terms to describe people that they had arrested in the past. The man also used derogatory terms to describe their African-American co-workers.
Alex Alvarez, who was one of the officers arrested, also created an offensive video. The video had derogatory language as well as images of the Ku Klux Klan and Obama. Chief Franklin Adderley stated that the officers did not exhibit any criminal behavior. However, he stated that the reason the men were fired was because their conduct was inexcusable. The Fort Lauderdale Police Department has zero tolerance for that type of behavior.
They also ‘criticized their coworkers’ grammar, appearance, work ethic and referred to an entire shift as lazy (expletives)’. And they even talked about killing and injuring black people, CBS reported.
‘Misconduct’: In a response to Jason Holding, his colleague James Wells calls someone a ‘retarded brown’
In one text, Sousa reportedly wrote: ‘Holdings we are coming and drinking all your beer and killing n******.’ In another, Holding said: ‘Id have that noose ready (sic)’, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
Meanwhile, in Alvarez’s ‘movie trailer-style’ iMovie video, the officer displayed ‘racially insensitive’ behavior by including images of attacks on minorities and a person in a white Ku Klux Klan hood
Chief Franklin Adderley also stated that the officers’ behavior reflects poorly on the entire police department.
“There was no criminal behavior detected during this investigation, however, the four officers’ conduct was inexcusable and there is zero tolerance for this kind of behavior in the Fort Lauderdale Police Department,” Chief Franklin Adderley told reporters.
“Its attempt was to damage the image of our agency and I just hope that the people and the public realize that we’re not going to tolerate it and anyone that’s engaged in this behavior will be addressed immediately,” he said.
Additionally, he stated that if anyone else engages in that type of behavior, then it will be addressed immediately. Alvarez’s ex-fiancee was the person who discovered the racist text messages and video. She was hesitant to inform authorities about the text messages and video at first because she was afraid that he would hurt her.
‘Ethically inappropriate’: In another text message, Holding writes: ‘Id have that noose ready’ – in reference to black men. Holding, Wells and Sousa, all of Fort Lauderdale. were sacked Friday for ‘department misconduct’
The officers worked in a predominantly African-American neighborhood.
“I am very disappointed, disgusted and shocked by this incident,” Mayor Jack Seiler said.
“The inappropriate racist behavior exhibited by those involved is unacceptable and reprehensible, it violates the trust we place in our law enforcement officers, it damages the bond we have established in our community and undermines the standards in which each and every city employee is held accountable,” Seiler said at a news conference.
According to CNN, the police department is implementing a mandatory “diversity class” for officers and a screening process for new hires, said Adderley.
Sources:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/21/us/fort-lauderdale-police-officers/
Why is there only a consequence if the offender is white and the target is black? With their language code how many blacks are openly making similar remarks about whites, we just dont know what they are saying. Look at those that feel so comfortable to engage in conversation that may well be anti-white simply because we do not speak that language.
I believe in equality, but it really is difficult to find any true equality of treatment in this nation. Until we see minorities punished routinely for hate crimes simply because the victim is another race, of a different nationality, or creed there will not be equality here. It is time to stop this lie that only whites are racists. Racism comes naturally to people. It has been with us from the time there was more than one man and one woman on this planet. In some respects racism is a left over trait of early survival skills of the first humans.
If we are expected to accept that **** are by nature ****, then why can we not accept that people are by nature racists and that most of us may be able to contain this base instinct all of us cannot? But remember it is not just whites that are racist.
I have read a lot of these post and its the usual nonsense and internet bravada. The federal rights that we have in the United States were not created so we can belittle, intimidate or dehumanize our fellow Americans. So you cannot say anything you want and think you can get away with it. I am more concerned a the fact that in a lot of these instances (Oklahoma Univ. being one) the antagonist are so comfortable that they don’t seem to care.
Black, white, light or dark-skinned, cut open an individual’s hand and it all comes out red. We are the same species. The world, both politically and naturally, is falling apart. Ice caps decrease in size every year and areas that rarely see difficult winter weather are seeing it more often not to mention other climate changes. But instead of the species banding together and working on how we can deal with these problems, the looming major energy crisis and others, we have police officers making disgusting racial comments and videos rousing anyone of any race that has a personal sense of decency. Am I the only one that finds this situation to be pathetic and sad?