MIAMI – A 16-year veteran with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department faces possible termination after an internal investigation revealed serious allegations.
Police officer John Giga is accused of driving a police unit to go bar hopping, using racial slurs against a group of men, and lying to other police officers.
Surveillance video captured the moment three men are fist fighting with Giga in the parking lot of Capones Nightclub near downtown Fort Lauderdale.
“There were actions that led up to that moment, said Marsha Allison, President of Broward N.A.A.C.P.
“Four o’clock in the morning, he’s out there slurring, he’s out there using the ‘n’ word profusely,” said Gordon Weekes, Broward Public Defender, establishing that was the cause of the incident escalated to a fight.
“It was Thanksgiving of last year,” said retired Broward Circuit Judge Ilona Holmes, now an active member of the N.A.A.C.P.
“The NAACP is not anti-police, we are anti-racist police,” said Marsha Allison.