夏洛特-梅克伦堡警察局发现多名警官涉嫌交换种族歧视文本信息 1。5名警官已因此辞职，分别为马特奥·胡亚雷斯、约瑟夫·凯利、特雷丹·马罗尼克、马修·奥斯本和亚历山大·拉森 1。另有一名警官杰里迈亚·托德曼被停职接受调查 1。这些已离职的警官均在2023年或2024年被聘用，而被停职的警官于2022年加入该部门 1。
警察局长埃斯特拉·帕特森宣布对涉事警官的身体摄像头录像和逮捕记录进行全面审查 1。帕特森表示："作为一名开始职业生涯就在这个部门的黑人女性，听到我们社区对来自组织内部的种族主义的担忧是特别痛苦和令人沮丧的" 1。警察局已请求联邦调查局进行民权调查，同时寻求撤销涉事警官的州法律执业执照 1。被查获的文本信息包含种族歧视性词汇及疑似使用N字，其中一条信息将这些警官比作"三K党集会" 1。
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in North Carolina has launched a comprehensive review of arrest records and body camera footage following the discovery of racist text messages exchanged among officers.1 Five officers—Mateo Huayares, Joseph Kelly, Tredan Maronik, Matthew Osborn, and Alexander Larson—have resigned, while a sixth officer, Jeremiah Todman, has been suspended pending investigation.1 All five departing officers were hired in 2023 or 2024, while Todman joined the department in 2022.1
Police Chief Estela Patterson has requested a federal civil rights investigation and is seeking the revocation of the officers' state law enforcement licenses.1 The text messages contained racial slurs and derogatory language, with one message comparing the officers to a "KKK rally."1 Patterson stated: "As a Black woman who started her career in this department, it is particularly painful and disheartening to hear our community's concerns about racism coming from within the organization."1
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