More San Francisco officers accused of sending racist texts

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

More San Francisco officers accused of sending racist texts

Updated 4:28 pm, Friday, April 1, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Additional San Francisco police officers have been accused of exchanging racist and homophobic text messages, following a scandal that implicated 14 officers in a department now under federal review, authorities said.

The new allegations in the liberal and diverse city come amid a national debate over police relations with minority communities. The city's police chief, mayor and others asked the U.S. Justice Department this year to review the agency's use of force and ethnic disparities in arrests amid rising racial tensions.

Four officers exchanged messages that included racist remarks and derogatory comments toward the gay community, Police Chief Greg Suhr said Thursday. He says the officers face termination or already have left the force.

The officers sent the texts on their personal cellphones between 2014 and late 2015, District Attorney George Gascon said. It was not clear if they were on duty at the time.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/More-San-Francisco-officers-accused-of-sending-7222381.php

[FLPanhandle]

1. The officers sent the texts on their personal cellphones!?!

"District Attorney George Gascon said. It was not clear if they were on duty at the time."

Holy Shit. The government can monitor your personal texts on your personal phone on your own time and fire you for it!?!

Forget the racist texts, WTF!?!

What progressive would support that kind of intrusion? If the government can do that in this case, I guess they can do it in other cases. Amazing.

[giftedgirl77]

3. Chances are one person said something or it was sent to a gov

email or phone thus prompting an investigation. Depending on the type of messaging app determines if they are protected.

[Throd]

4. That bothers me too.

[Shandris]

7. You didn't think 'Full Spectrum Dominance' actually went away, I trust.

That means FULL, including your right to earn a living. Don't disagree with the dominant narrative, citizens, even on your own phone and your own time. And as an added bonus, literally no one will care because the tweets were 'racist'. Don't be surprised when they don't even show the tweets anymore and just expect everyone will simply nod that whatever happened was 'racist'.

Aren't huge labels wonderful? It's probably a good thing we haven't spent the last decade making sure everyone has labelling other people first and foremost on their mind, or that would be a catastrophe!

Oh, wait...

[chapdrum]

2. ooh liberal SF

What's next from the hippies of the One Percent?

[YOHABLO]

5. You know it's like 'what else is new' I'm just not that surprised.

[rockfordfile]

6. Fire the racist idiots