Attorney Yolanda Trotman is raising questions about racial profiling, police accountability and the integrity of criminal cases in Charlotte, North Carolina, following reports that multiple Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) officers participated in a group chat containing racist messages and an alleged competition to stop Black drivers.
Trotman, a longtime defense attorney, said the allegations raise concerns that go beyond the conduct of individual officers, challenging the public to examine whether racist attitudes allegedly expressed in private messages may have influenced police encounters with Black residents.
“Culture is what people do when they think nobody outside the group chat is watching,” Trotman wrote in an Instagram post addressing the controversy…