Baton Rouge cop resigns after he’s caught texting desire to ‘pull a Ferguson’ on ‘n*ggers’

[Deadbeat Republicans]

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Source: The Raw Story

A police officer in Baton Rouge resigned Thursday after a local news channel revealed that he sent text messages in which he wished that fellow officers “would pull a Ferguson” on a “bunch of monkeys,” The Advocate reports.

Fifteen-year-veteran Michael Elsbury resigned on Thursday after text messages he sent to a female friend were brought to the attention of his superiors. In one message, Officer Elsbury — whose patrol included the area around the historically black Southern University — wrote that blacks are “nothing but a bunch of monkeys,” and that the “only reason they have this job is the nigger, nigger in them.” It is unclear what “job” he is referring to.

In another text, he wrote that “I wish someone would pull a Ferguson on them and take them out. I hate looking at those African monkeys at work…I enjoy arresting those thugs with their saggy pants.”






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[JI7]

1. fucking pig

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--u8IQqURQ--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/pwevqn8no9w4ssg3c9qr.png

[Judi Lynn]

4. Exactly what you might expect, isn't he? Jesus H. Thanks for adding Porky's face. n/t

[IkeRepublican]

2. I encourage this type of activity

Rather jackasses like this spout off and get canned than being quiet and actually doing something terrible.

[marble falls]

22. I so agree with you, I want them vocal and active. I want to know who and where they are.

[Baitball Blogger]

23. +1

[whathehell]

3. Good on the female cop who turned him in. n/t

[Live and Learn]

5. Do you have a link to it being a female officer?

If true, I applaud her but in the story posted the person is simply referred to as "the girl" which I find odd. I mean how old was she?

[whathehell]

15. I re-checked the story

and you are right that there was no mention of her being a fellow cop...I don't know where I got that mistaken idea, but, cop or no, it was good of this female person -- no, I don't know her age -- to report him.

[Live and Learn]

17. I am equally glad that someone did.

It would be interesting to know who it was (not by name but relationship).

[Live and Learn]

6. Good grief, what kind of psychological tests do they give these officers

before they join up? It can't be very hard to weed these guys out. It almost seems these days that they are weeding them in instead.

[ReRe]

9. They give them a psych test...

... and if they flunk, they're in.

[Live and Learn]

13. I thought that was the IQ test.

Actually, I did read that somewhere (probably here) and saved it though, it would take me a while to find it. If you tested too high you weren't qualified.

[ReRe]

16. That wouldn't surprise me...

... that they hire them if they flunk an IQ test. Another psychological litmus might be those who have an inferiority complex.

[barbtries]

27. here's one story

http://abcnews.go.com/US/court-oks-barring-high-iqs-cops/story?id=95836

[kelliekat44]

7. Every arrest of blacks that this guy had should be overturned. nt

[AverageJoe90]

10. Or least re-evaluated.

It is indeed a sad fact that in public service jobs, with racism, comes corruption, in so MANY cases.

[Live and Learn]

14. Every arrest, period. This officer had no business arresting anyone/ nt

[cstanleytech]

20. Totally 100%..........illogical.

Extensively reviewed I can fully agree with you on though.

[1StrongBlackMan]

29. I suspect that ...

those Black folks sitting in Pelican Bay, that he arrested ... that have paid for lawyers, are making collect calls, as we speak.

Unfortunately, it'll have to be the paid for lawyers, because the Public Defenders don't have the time or resources, and the Police Department and Prosecutor lack the desire.

[barbtries]

8. this is way too common.

sickening. when will wilson be arrested for mike brown's murder?

[heaven05]

24. never

[JonLP24]

11. If a criminal

or someone like a sociopath or a sociopath, someone not personally bounded by any type of code that wanted to damage lives or really be corrupt - a police profession is a great opportunity to do that. Hell, they're trained to be underhanded and manipulative just like the criminals they're supposed to be chasing.

[ReRe]

12. It's like...

... they have no other reason to live. This dude probably says these kinds of things in his sleep. What's wrong when human beings absolutely refuse to assimilate in society? Is this not a form of mental illness? What can society do to protect (and/or rid) the public from these psychopaths/sociopaths?

[ReRe]

18. That police dept....

.... needs to be the second stop for the Justice Dept after they do Ferguson, MO.

[cstanleytech]

21. They probably wont though.

Not unless another officer or two is found out having said similar racist asshole remarks within the next few weeks or months.

[1StrongBlackMan]

30. The whole of Louisana ...

"law enforcement" system has major issues ... I suspect, from the tales of some friends, this guy is the rule, not the exception.

[Turbineguy]

19. Some might say

Fox News was successful.

The hate was not helpful to Mr. Elsbury

[Iamthetruth]

25. How stupid do you to be

If those are your views, why be a cop and why be a cop in a city that your demographic is someone you hate?

[barbtries]

28. because you can dish out pain to those you hate

on a daily basis under the cover of the law. what could be more fulfilling than that?
do i need the tag?

[1StrongBlackMan]

31. Sadly, ...

This is the sentiment ... minus the sarcasm thingy. Many really think like that ... only they cast it in their mind's narrative that they are "Just keeping America (read: white folks) safe.

[heaven05]

26. "to pull a ferguson"

welcome to a new term describing the racism in amerikkka.

[etherealtruth]

32. LOCKING

Sorry, this article was published at 12:53 PM yesterday, posted on DU @ 04:03 AM after the 12 hour publication time limit. Perhaps you could repost in GD ...?