Alabama City Council Abolishes Entire Police Department Due to Racist Texts by Officers

Two months after an officer in Vincent, Alabama sent a coworker a text message containing racially charged language, the city council moved  Thursday to disband the three-member police department temporarily.

An unnamed officer allegedly sent a “pregnant slave” joke via text message to a colleague in June, according to AL.com.

Text messages exchanged in June caused an uproar when they were made public in late July.

Vincent’s mayor James Latimer stated the city couldn’t remove police personnel who had exchanged racist text messages because of legal concerns. As a result, the city abolished its entire police force.

“Based on our personnel policies, we cannot terminate them,” Latimer said…. (Excerpt from Gateway Pundit)