A former Bridgeport police officer who claimed someone left a racist memo on police letterhead in his mailbox at headquarters in February admitted to writing the letter himself and has been charged with filing a false report, according to police.
Former Officer Clive Higgins reported that he found a racist hate letter in his police mailbox the morning of Monday, Feb. 9 and feared for his life because of it.
The letter, printed on paper marked with the department's official letterhead, started off with "WHITE POWER" and went on to say "Officer Clive Higgins doesn't belong here in this Police Department" and "These Black Officers belong in the toilet."
A month earlier, Higgins was acquitted in connection with a 2011 police brutality case in which officers were caught on camera beating a suspect at Beardsley Park and shooting him with a stun gun. Two other officers were convicted, but a federal jury found Higgins not guilty.
A month earlier, Higgins was acquitted in connection with a 2011 police brutality case in which officers were caught on camera beating a suspect at Beardsley Park and shooting him with a stun gun. Two other officers were convicted, but a federal jury found Higgins not guilty.
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ReplyDeleteReminds me of the Pocomoke Police Department.
ReplyDeleteThree officers were indicted, two were white, Mr. Higgins is black.
ReplyDeleteDespite the video clearly showing him kicking and stomping the (Hispanic) suspect who was lying on the ground, much more brutal than the two white cops...he walked out of the court room "not guilty". Both white cops are spending a year in jail.
Jury nullification, I'd say.
He was flying high off his hit of "black privilege" when he thought he'd stick it to whitey just one more time.
Can't even lie good. They aren't good for anything but dancing. Affirmative Action biting us in the A$$.
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