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Six CMPD Officers Recommended for Dismissal Over Racist Texts
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Estella Patterson said Thursday that six officers recommended for dismissal over racist text messages do not represent the department as a whole. It was her first public comment on the case.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Estella Patterson said Thursday that six officers recommended for dismissal over racist text messages do not represent the department as a whole, making her first public comments on the case.
“We will not allow the misconduct of a few to define the whole,” Patterson said at a news conference. The six officers have been recommended for dismissal, according to the information provided by the department. Further details about the messages and the disciplinary process were not included in the announcement.