A racist text thread recently exposed the alleged involvement of more than six police officers of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in questionable discussions, and now lawyers have requested that the court analyze their past and present cases for potential bias.
Defense attorneys demand a scrutiny of officers’ past cases
Six officers were terminated, besides the ones who resigned, from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in relation to a text thread containing demeaning comments about the Black community, WBTV reported on Monday, October 12.
Defense attorneys Brad Smith and Tim Emery spoke to the outlet and asked to reopen their old cases for malicious intent towards defendants due to color.
Some of the messages in the thread mentioned “competing and bragging” about “arresting and detaining black people.”…