Resident Slams Police Department After Officer Caught Using Racist Language Resigns

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00][ __ ] the Somalian Latino communities.

[00:00:02]I'm about the American communities.

[00:00:03][music] I'm about America, son.

[00:00:06]>> I'm here because what is happening with this police department is not okay and the systems meant to hold them accountable are not working. An EPD officer with a department of seven years. 7 years was caught on his own body camera making racist remarks about black people and immigrants while protesters were being tear gas outside the federal building for standing up for immigrant rights.

[00:00:30]>> You know what else? You know what else I'll never do? Go on a cruise cuz I'm not old enough and I'm straight. I'm not gay.

[00:00:37]>> Which one of the black people go on?

[00:00:38]Carnival?

[00:00:40]>> No. Black people can't they don't go >> they can't swim. You got to you got to be able to swim.

[00:00:58]The video sat hidden for months and it only came out because of the community members behind me posting it online. And when it did, the officer just resigned.

[00:01:08]And that's not accountability.

[00:01:10]That's the loophole and the cowardly way to address the problem. And there is zero chance zero chance that in those seven years that officer expressed those was was the first time that that officer expressed that for the first time. So it isn't um a bad apple problem. This is really an infestation of rotten culture protected by a system of impunity. So let's not act surprised. This is the culture of an entire department, not just a former EPD officer.