Three Charlotte Cops Resign Amid Racist Text Scandal Targeting Black Drivers – The Emancipator

Three Charlotte Cops Resign Amid Racist Text Scandal Targeting Black Drivers  The Emancipator

Three Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers have resigned amid an investigation into allegations that at least six cops took part in a competition to pull over the most Black drivers and used racist language, including the “n-word” in a text group chat. The story was first reported by several local news stations. Significance. The text messages […] Three Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers have resigned amid an investigation into allegations that at least six cops took part in a competition to pull over the most Black drivers and used racist language, including the “n-word” in a text group chat. The story was first reported by several local news stations. Significance. The text messages were uncovered by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation probe into Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer Seth Elliot’s misuse of Flock surveillance cameras, according to the local stations, which spoke with multiple anonymous sources.

He now faces criminal charges for using that technology to aid someone under investigation for a drug-related crime. The state’s probe uncovered additional data and racist text messages with other cops on his phone. The police department subsequently launched its own internal investigation into the text messages, which revealed that Elliott and five other officers within the department were in on the competition to see who could pull over the most Black drivers during traffic