A local pastor says a Fort Worth police officer used a racial slur toward him in an encounter outside his church, and the pastor is pointing the incident out as an example of what he says is a wider problem in the department.
Pastor Kyev Tatum of New Mount Rose Missionary Baptist Church at 2864 Mississippi Ave. said a police officer used a slur toward him when he asked why police vehicles were parked at his church last week.
“We try to find somebody to help or something to feel good about, and so we don’t expect the police officers to treat us inhumane and demean us, demoralize us and devalue us simply because we’re inquiring, ‘Why are you on our church parking lot?’” Tatum told the Star-Telegram…