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http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/29143-focus-explosive-sf-police-texts-qcross-burning-lowers-blood-pressureqText messages allegedly exchanged between San Francisco police officers on their personal phones contained enough homophobic and racist content to shatter the scale on political incorrectness.
San Franciscos police chief says a series of racist, homophobic text messages revealed in federal court documents disgraced his department and that hes going to do his best to fire the officers involved, SF Gate reports.
It makes me sick to my stomach to even have these guys around, San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr told SF Gate.
The texts came to light when former Sgt. Ian Furminger, convicted in December for his role in stealing from drug suspects, attempted to get out on bail while awaiting appeal. Prosecutors bent on making sure that didnt happen used the text messages against him.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)sarge43
(28,946 posts)Don't post anything you wouldn't want read back in court. It's called gotcha.
ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)But still a good rule in general.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Mopar151
(10,004 posts)Balaclava hood, all black uniform with NO ID or insignia, no badge #. Notably similar to ISIS/AQ/Hamas "fighters", and the "blaque bloc"agitators that turned Occupy marches into riots. See also whatever they call the Goon Squad in prisons this month.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)I guess I'll take up the flag for now, so that we have both sides represented.
Hey come on, they have a tough, dangerous job. Every single day they go to work, it's with the knowledge they could be killed.
One moment I have to
Ok, back now. Where was I? Oh yes. Um, bad apple, a single incident, not representative of the whole. Police are people too, and um, how about the thin blue line between you and the criminals who would victimize you? Or something.
Yes, I admit this was all but it's what we hear all the time. Good people, doing a tough job.