More Than A Dozen Police Officers Exchange Racist And Homophobic Texts

The caption read “hanging with the homies.”

The picture above it showed several Black men who had been lynched.

Another photo asked what someone should do if their girlfriend was having an affair with a Black man. The answer, according to the caption, was to break “a tail light on his car so the police will stop him and shoot him.”

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Fortunately since then, over 85 convictions have been thrown out after the discovery of the dispicable text messages. The messages reviewed by The Times contained racist and homophobic jokes, police brutality dating back several years.

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the state's DOJ will review allegations at the Torrance Police Department.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the state’s DOJ will review allegations at the Torrance Police Department.

But the racist comments didn’t stop at just Black people, they insulted Jews and assaulting member sod the LGBT community as well.

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