An officer in Monmouth County, N.J. has been fired after it was revealed he sent racist slurs in text messages to other police officers. The group wasn’t being investigated for racist behavior. The texts surprisingly came to light after a police-involved crash crash exposed cell phone data.
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Eyewitness News ABC 7 originally reported the news that one officer from the Marlboro Police Department used the N-word when referring to a Black person.
“Next I’ll be cleaning the floors or some sh*t like I’m the f***ing hired n***er or something,” he wrote in a text. In a different message, a racist remark was made about an Asian person.
“Look at that g**k,” the message stated.
The texts also showed that an officer from Freehold Township allegedly texted racist slurs about the Black community. A separate officer from the same department texted: “I’m not racist. I hate everyone. If anything, Jews is one ‘race’ I hate. I don’t have a problem with Black people. They make there own problems and names.”
ABC 7 News shared that only one Marlboro officer involved was fired for the text he made. However, there is no record of any formal disciplinary action against the other three officers.
The Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond Santiago sent a statement to the outlet about the investigation.
“While I am not able to publicly discuss facts related to specific Internal Affairs matters, I can confirm that when this Office is confronted with evidence of racism displayed by police officers, such allegations are taken extremely seriously and investigated in a thorough manner,” Santiago explained.
“This Office is dedicated to ensuring that those who reside in or visit Monmouth County, are policed only by law enforcement officers who treat everyone they encounter in a fair, unbiased, and impartial manner. Moreover, if allegations of conduct rise to the level of criminality, the appropriate charges are lodged and those individuals are prosecuted.”
Veteran law enforcement officer and president of the NAACP in Hunterdon County Harrison Dillard told ABC 7 that police need to be thoroughly evaluated to ensure that this behavior isn’t happening.
“We have to police without bias, we have to serve all communities equally,” Dillard said.
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