Alabama police department abolished after officers involved in racist texts
The three police officers in the small town couldn’t be fired due to a legal catch — so the city council found a loophole.
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The three police officers in the small town couldn’t be fired due to a legal catch — so the city council found a loophole.
The three police officers in the small town couldn’t be fired due to a legal catch — so the city council found a loophole.
The mayor of the small city of Vincent, about 30 miles southeast of Birmingham, said that he couldn't legally fire officers who had exchanged racist text messages, so the city voted to disband the force.
Officials in the small Alabama town of Vincent fired the police chief and assistant chief and voted to dissolve its police department after a racist text
A slavery joke made by a police officer prompted officials in a small Alabama town to disband the police department and fire the chief.