Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe Community Center
Current Events
Racism rears its ugly head
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="MAKAVELI" data-source="post: 1932337" data-attributes="member: 43825"><p>You want it? You got it.</p><p><a href="http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/2015/11/19/texts-corrections-camden-jail-public-records/76040752/" target="_blank">http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/2015/11/19/texts-corrections-camden-jail-public-records/76040752/</a></p><p>CAMDEN - Camden County officials on Thursday released more than 5,000 text messages, many racially charged, that led to the dismissal of nine corrections officers at Camden County Jail.</p><p></p><p>The texts, shared by white officers using cellphones smuggled into the jail, contain so many racial insults that an investigative report noted the use of 10 slurs, then added “etc.”</p><p></p><p>The texts were released to the Courier-Post through a public-records request.</p><p></p><p>An attorney for one of the dismissed officers had sought to block the release, but Superior Court Judge Louis Meloni rebuffed that attempt in a ruling Monday. Attorneys for the county and the Courier-Post had argued for the texts to be made public.</p><p></p><p>Many of the texts are routine, if expletive-laden, messages – gossiping about co-workers, discussing TV shows and asking where stamps are sold. But others include crude, sexist, anti-Semitic and homophobic comments, such as an exchange mocking a young inmate who cried in his cell on Christmas Eve.</p><p></p><p>And a large number contain disturbing racial imagery – such as a sports conversation that suggested a black Philadelphia Eagle “should be tied to a bumper and dragged.” That exchange went on to suggest the player should be doused with alcohol, set afire and then be urinated on.</p><p></p><p>Among numerous examples:</p><p></p><p>"To me a really good high is stomping the <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> out of a <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> for no reason.""No matter how they look at things, no matter how dressed up they get.. When they wake up tomorrow morning they're still just <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />S.”And during a discussion of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, "Don't forget his wife is a colored."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MAKAVELI, post: 1932337, member: 43825"] You want it? You got it. [URL]http://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/2015/11/19/texts-corrections-camden-jail-public-records/76040752/[/URL] CAMDEN - Camden County officials on Thursday released more than 5,000 text messages, many racially charged, that led to the dismissal of nine corrections officers at Camden County Jail. The texts, shared by white officers using cellphones smuggled into the jail, contain so many racial insults that an investigative report noted the use of 10 slurs, then added “etc.” The texts were released to the Courier-Post through a public-records request. An attorney for one of the dismissed officers had sought to block the release, but Superior Court Judge Louis Meloni rebuffed that attempt in a ruling Monday. Attorneys for the county and the Courier-Post had argued for the texts to be made public. Many of the texts are routine, if expletive-laden, messages – gossiping about co-workers, discussing TV shows and asking where stamps are sold. But others include crude, sexist, anti-Semitic and homophobic comments, such as an exchange mocking a young inmate who cried in his cell on Christmas Eve. And a large number contain disturbing racial imagery – such as a sports conversation that suggested a black Philadelphia Eagle “should be tied to a bumper and dragged.” That exchange went on to suggest the player should be doused with alcohol, set afire and then be urinated on. Among numerous examples: "To me a really good high is stomping the :censored: out of a :censored: for no reason.""No matter how they look at things, no matter how dressed up they get.. When they wake up tomorrow morning they're still just :censored:S.”And during a discussion of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, "Don't forget his wife is a colored." [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe Community Center
Current Events
Racism rears its ugly head
Top
