WHITE Seattle WA Police Officer Sgt. Lora Alcantara suspended after his dash cam recorded him saying "Fucking Negro" inside his squad car
A veteran Seattle police officer has been suspended for five days without pay for an expletive-laced pursuit three years ago in which she referred to a suspect as a “Negro,” punctuated with an obscenity.
Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole imposed the discipline Feb. 10 on Sgt. Lora Alcantara, adding three days to an original recommendation of a two-day suspension.
“Your language, and particularly your use of the term ‘(expletive) Negro’ to describe a suspect was totally unacceptable,” O’Toole wrote in a disciplinary report that cited the f-word.
Alcantara, who is white, also was ordered to undergo retraining in department policies regarding profanity, derogatory language and race and social justice.
Video of the incident recorded on Alcantara’s dashboard camera recently surfaced on YouTube. (WARNING: The video contains offensive language.)
The incident occurred on Feb. 27, 2013, more than a year before O’Toole became chief but after the city agreed in 2012 to adopt federally mandated reforms to curb excessive force and biased policing.
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