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It’s typically mentioned that “good” law enforcement officials want to carry the “unhealthy apples” amongst them accountable once they witness wrongdoing, abuse, or different infractions. Sadly, we don’t see this kind of blue-on-blue accountability fairly often, so when tales like this cross our desk, it’s vital that we report them.

In keeping with new reporting by the LA Instances, an LAPD officer assigned to recruitment has been secretly recording different officers’ wildly offensive conversations by which they make racist, homophobic, and misogynistic feedback about different officers, Black individuals, girls, and their LGBTQ coworkers.

Racist cops within the LAPD?! Say it ain’t so!

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In a criticism that was filed on January 5, 2025, an LAPD officer is accused of calling a feminine supervisor a “homosexual a** b***h.”

One other Latina officer is accused of claiming that one of the best ways to struggle Black individuals is to “hit Black individuals within the liver” as a result of “I heard they’ve weak livers”. This similar officer allegedly and inexplicably referred to a different Latina, a janitor, as a “wetback.” The LA Instances provides that two different officers, one feminine, and one Latino male, have been heard joking that “Black individuals like grape soda” to which the male officer replied “Black individuals get pleasure from grape soda in between basketball”.

Right here’s some sweet-yet-sick irony for you: the particular person accountable for overseeing these little piggies is a Black man named Lt. Louis Lavender. The criticism not solely accuses him of not doing something to quell the extremely disrespectful and inappropriate office conversations, however he was additionally captured saying this about his gang’s conversational conduct:

“Man, we’re going to finish up within the L.A. Instances the best way you all discuss in right here. You all can deliver down the entire division.”

From his lips to God’s ears.

In complete, a lieutenant, a sergeant, and 4 officers have been named within the criticism together with Lt. Lavender, Sgt. Denny Jong, Officer Shirley Burgos, and one named McKay, two of the opposite officers’ names went unnamed.

Additionally redacted from the authorized criticism is the identify of the whistleblowing officer, though it’s famous that it’s a male Latino officer who has been with the division for 10 years.

We will probably be following this story intently to see if these officers are allowed to retain their badges regardless of their blatant bigotry.