Current Events > Wilmington cop: "We're gonna slaughter n-words"

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/25/wilmington-racist-police-recording/

Sitting in his patrol car in Wilmington, N.C., Officer Michael Kevin Piner predicted that Black Lives Matter protests would soon lead to civil war. Im ready, Piner told another officer, adding that he planned to buy an assault rifle.

We are just going to go out and start slaughtering them f------ n------, he said.

The shocking threat came amid extended, openly racist conversations between Piner, 44, and two other police officers, 50-year-old Cpl. Jesse E. Moore II, and 48-year-old Officer James Brian Gilmore. In the discussions, taped by accident on a patrol car camera and released Wednesday by the department, the men freely drop racial slurs, suggest killing black residents and deride protesters.

Wipe 'em off the f------ map, Piner said of African Americans. Thatll put 'em back about four or five generations.

All three officers were fired Wednesday, with new Wilmington Police Chief Donny Williams, who is black, calling the conversations brutally offensive.

This is the most exceptional and difficult case I have encountered in my career, said Williams, who was just hired as chief on Tuesday. We must establish new reforms for policing here at home and throughout this country.

The officers vile discussions came to light purely by chance. On June 4, a sergeant was conducting routine video reviews when she found a nearly two-hour long clip from Piners cruiser created by an accidental activation, according to a department report. After listening to the racist discussion, she alerted a superior who started an internal investigation.

Piner, a Wilmington cop since 1998, began the recording by expressing his fury about the ongoing protests against police brutality and racial injustice in the wake of George Floyds death. Speaking to Gilmore, who had apparently pulled his cruiser up alongside Piners car, he complained that local police only cared about kneeling down with the black folks.

Gilmore, hired by the department in 1997, said that whites were now worshiping blacks, adding that hed seen a video of a fine looking white girl and this little punk pretty boy bowing down and kissing their toes.

The two then complained about black officers on the force, calling one a piece of s--- and complaining that another was sitting on his a-- during the protests. Lets see how his boys take care of him when s--- gets rough, see if they dont put a bullet in his head, Piner said.

Piner soon left to check out an alarm, investigators found. Later, Moore, who also was hired in 1997, called him to describe a recent arrest of a black woman, repeatedly calling her a racial slur.

She needed a bullet in the head right then and move on, Moore said of the woman. Lets move the body out of the way and keep going.

Later, while complaining about a black judge whom Moore called a f------ negro magistrate, Moore added, Its bad man because not all black people are like that.

Most of 'em, Piner responded.

90 percent of 'em, Kevin, 90 f------ percent of 'em, Moore said.

Soon, Piner turned the conversation to his belief that a civil war was imminent and his intention to buy high-powered weaponry. After saying he was ready to slaughter black people, he added, God I cant wait."

Youre crazy, Moore responded, before the recording shut off.

On June 9, Internal Affairs investigators confronted the men with the recording. They admitted to having the conversations, but the officers each characterized it as venting and blamed the stress of todays climate in law enforcement, investigators wrote.

Moore and Gilmore argued that they were not racist, with Moore adding that he doesnt normally speak like that but was feeding off of Officer Piner, according to the investigators. Piner, meanwhile, said the tape was embarrassing and suggested that concerns for his familys safety had led him to a breaking point.

Williams, the chief, said he would ensure none of the men could be rehired by the city and would ask state officials to review their law enforcement certifications. He said he would consult with prosecutors about potential criminal charges against the three men, and would ask them to review whether any of the former officers had shown bias toward criminal defendants in the past.

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What's that one the kids are saying?

"The reason you don't see police officers shutting down KKK rallies is the same reason you don't see Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana in the same room"?

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If you want to see some choice CE arguments on the topic feel free to peruse this topic

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/78801459

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Ah, I didn't realize a topic had been made already
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What's scary is that there are a lot more people like this than I think people realize. Most can hide it well. Glad these pieces of shit outed themselves and got fired. Now if only there was something to keep them from just moving and getting hired again.

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expected Wilmington, DE and wanted to pin that shit hard on Biden...

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Would they be able to charge them for that?

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CyricZ posted...

What's that one the kids are saying?

"The reason you don't see police officers shutting down KKK rallies is the same reason you don't see Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana in the same room"?

Yup

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fbi-white-supremacists-in-law-enforcement

Ha, they should have the cameras turn on automatically when that word is heard

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Haha why are those black folk so nervous about encountering police haha

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Antifar posted...

Officer Michael Kevin Piner

Antifar posted...

Officer James Brian Gilmore

The police force really needs to work on its nicknames.

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Yikes

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Crazy thinking how easily they could have kept their jobs. Cameras accidentally caught the conversation, sergeant happened to review that data, sergeant had to actually report it, supervisor had to actually do something about it. How much more gets swept under the rug?

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Sphyx posted...

The police force really needs to work on its nicknames.

Lmao
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Sphyx posted...

The police force really needs to work on its nicknames.

lmao

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Incoming promotions in other departments for all of them. Or theyll join up with a local militia and still enjoy police protection.

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kyujo posted...

Crazy thinking how easily they could have kept their jobs. Cameras accidentally caught the conversation, sergeant happened to review that data, sergeant had to actually report it, supervisor had to actually do something about it. How much more gets swept under the rug?

Yup

Any number of thee could have happened in private.
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kyujo posted...

Crazy thinking how easily they could have kept their jobs. Cameras accidentally caught the conversation, sergeant happened to review that data, sergeant had to actually report it, supervisor had to actually do something about it. How much more gets swept under the rug?

In another story, this man might have committed an execution and used the magic and intractible "I feared for my life" defense.

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Sphyx posted...

The police force really needs to work on its nicknames.

Lol

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I'm more worried about the bolded.

Antifar posted...

Sitting in his patrol car in Wilmington, N.C., Officer Michael Kevin Piner predicted that Black Lives Matter protests would soon lead to civil war. Im ready, Piner told another officer, adding that he planned to buy an assault rifle.

Gilmore, hired by the department in 1997, said that whites were now worshiping blacks, adding that hed seen a video of a fine looking white girl and this little punk pretty boy bowing down and kissing their toes.

I hear gun sales are at an all time high, and I've seen images of white folks kowtowing proverbially by kneeling before a black guy when asked to, to washing their feet, to literally bootlicking. If he's talking about "kissing their toes", we're seeing the videos; people are paying attention. A lot of people are against the protests and what has transpired.
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Propane4Sale posted...

expected Wilmington, DE and wanted to pin that shit hard on Biden...

No, it's this Wilmington
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington_insurrection_of_1898?wprov=sfla1
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Totally a legitimate institution tho guys.

They deserve our respect.

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Surely these were just a few bad apples
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