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Ft. Lauderdale cops fired for being racist - Some colorful language inside
Posted on 3/21/15 at 10:42 am
Posted on 3/21/15 at 10:42 am
Sun Sentinel Story
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Four police officers tasked with patrolling a predominantly black neighborhood lost their jobs Friday following a five-month investigation into racially charged text messages sent from their personal phones.
Officer James Wells, 30, Officer Jason Holding, 31, and Officer Christopher Sousa, 25, were fired. Officer Alex Alvarez, 22, resigned in late January before the investigation was complete.
Among the texts were:
Holding: “Id have that noose ready”
“The panty dropper had it’s first fail. This chick was high class cuban, nada impressed her. F------ cuban elite” “I had a wet dream that you two found those two n------ in the VW and gave them the death penalty right there on the spot.”
Sousa: “Holdings we are coming and drinking all your beer and killing n------.”
Alvarez: “Jimmy what would big dad do to that n-----. Get that n----- out from under that wagon.”
Wells: “And that n----- lover in the wagon.”
Alvarez also produced a video - a mock movie trailer titled “The Hoods,” police said. The video showed images of President Barack Obama wearing a gold chain and gold tooth caps; someone wearing a Ku Klux Klansman’s hood; an African-American man being bitten by a police dog; a bloody scene and a wanted poster for “an escaped slave.”
Alvarez’s ex-fiancee emailed screenshots of the racist text messages to the police chief on Oct. 16. The couple were in a 10-month relationship before she alerted the chief about the messages that were sent between mid-September and mid-October. The ex-fiancee declined to comment late Friday.
Alvarez and Sousa are identified by the department as Hispanic; Holding and Wells are identified as white.
According to the internal affairs investigation, all four officers wrote texts that were racially offensive to African-Americans. Alvarez, Holding and Wells authored statements that maligned co-workers and Alvarez and Wells used the word “f@ggot.”
Posted on 3/21/15 at 10:44 am to tigerpimpbot
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Alvarez, Holding and Wells authored statements that maligned co-workers and Alvarez and Wells used the word “f@ggot.”
THOSE MOTHERfrickERS
Posted on 3/21/15 at 10:51 am to tigerpimpbot
Fired? These are private text messages being sent between a closed group. I mean c'mon, fire the white guys if you have enough "community pressure ", but leave the Hipanics alone.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 10:57 am to tigerpimpbot
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Alvarez’s ex-fiancee emailed screenshots of the racist text messages to the police chief
Nothing more dangerous than a pissed off ex
This post was edited on 3/21/15 at 10:58 am
Posted on 3/21/15 at 10:59 am to High C
I wish I could post the embedded video as a separate link. Their homemade movie trailer, "The Hoods," is exceedingly racist.
This post was edited on 3/21/15 at 11:00 am
Posted on 3/21/15 at 11:03 am to tigerpimpbot
Did their racism come out during stops or calls for service? If so then yes there should have been some kind of punishment, if not then I can see a lawsuit coming for invasion of privacy.
You should not lose your job or anything over things that you say in private with other individuals.
You should not lose your job or anything over things that you say in private with other individuals.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 11:38 am to XxxSpooky1
Well this is similar to the SAE thing
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:24 pm to tigerpimpbot
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from their personal phones
Civil court is about to make these guys richer than they ever were as cops.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:35 pm to tigerpimpbot
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I wish I could post the embedded video as a separate link. Their homemade movie trailer, "The Hoods," is exceedingly racist.
When Obama popped up with the gold teeth I was laughing so hard!
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:41 pm to lsu480
So the ex-fiancée secretly photographed his phone which is basically stealing his private information. They may have gotten fired but the civil suit is going to make them very wealthy.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 12:54 pm to WalkingTurtles
Ya right! Even if they sue the ex-fiancé and win they won't get shite unless she is super wealthy, which is highly doubtful considering she was going to marry a cop that is an idiot.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 2:39 pm to lsu480
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When Obama popped up with the gold teeth I was laughing so hard!
Me too.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 2:44 pm to toosleaux
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Civil court is about to make these guys richer than they ever were as cops.
Yep, and already live in Ft. Lauderdale. Life isn't fair.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 3:31 pm to toosleaux
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from their personal phones
Civil court is about to make these guys richer than they ever were as cops.
On what basis?
Posted on 3/21/15 at 6:33 pm to cwill
Well I would believe the police chief accepting stolen phone images/records from private phones of employees from a citizen then using them to terminate the officers. Trust those four will be paid either thru civil suit or a quiet settlement.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 10:24 pm to WalkingTurtles
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Trust those four will be paid either thru civil suit or a quiet settlement.
Let them play that movie trailer to the jury with one black person on it and those cops aren't getting shite.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 10:29 pm to tigerpimpbot
Stayed in Miami for 6 months and have family who still live there. I'm not sure if I've ever met someone from Miami that ISN'T overtly racist. Granted they're all "ethnic" in some way so they probably feel immune since they aren't anglos.
Posted on 3/21/15 at 11:01 pm to WalkingTurtles
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Well I would believe the police chief accepting stolen phone images/records from private phones of employees from a citizen then using them to terminate the officers. Trust those four will be paid either thru civil suit or a quiet settlement.
Not from the state/cops and the pvt citizen sounds basically judgement proof (aka poor).
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