A former officer with the Houston Police Department has been relieved of her duties after bragging about using the N-Word in a now-viral video, according to a report.
The cop, named in various reports as Officer Ashley Gonzalez, also boasted in the clip about an incident in which she beat up a Black person.
An investigation into the video has been launched, and Gonzalez has been relieved of her duties, sources from the department told KPRC-TV.
The clip, which shows Gonzalez ranting to the camera while sitting in her car, has been widely condemned by members of the local community.
“The amount of times that I will always and forever say that I f*****g hate [racial slur],” the former cop says.
“‘Oh, we were slaves,’” she added in a mocking voice. “I don’t give a f***, [racial slur], like for a f*****g reason you guys were f*****g slaves.”
The woman went on to say that she “whooped the f*** out of that [racial slur’s] a**,” recounting an alleged incident involving the unnamed man and her purse.
“Y’all don’t know how good it felt to say [racial slur] out loud,” she said. “Oh my God, I felt like I was back in the Marine Corps, [racial slur].”
The police officer goes on to say that she grabbed a man by the neck while hurling the racial slur at him.
“I felt like the world just stopped, like, it was just peace,” she added, before uttering the slur several more times.
Sources from the HPD told KHOU 11 that Gonzalez graduated from the police academy in January 2024. The channel also confirmed that Gonzalez has served four years with the USMC.
Records from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement obtained by Fox 26 stated that Gonzalez had spent eight hours completing a “cultural diversity course.”
Gonzalez also spent three hours working on an “implicit bias in social justice” course.
Community activist Dr. Candice Matthews told KHOU 11 that the language used in the video caused “discord between the community and law enforcement.”
“And that’s not what we want,” she said. “In fact, it also caused a discord between Hispanics and African Americans.”
Matthews added that her team is urging anyone who has had contact with Gonzalez to come forward and that they are investigating possible civil rights violations.
Police policy documents obtained by the outlet state that officers are required to act “without prejudice” and are prohibited from posting any content on social media that would harm the department or city.
Bishop James Dixon, the president of the Houston branch of the NAACP, described the video as depicting a “sick mindset.”
“And here’s a young lady with her future ahead of her,” he told the outlet. “She’s ex-military, she has talent, she has gifts and skills.
“And yet, she undermined her own credibility with this racist ideology.”
The Houston Police Officers’ Union said that it was “extremely disturbed” by the video in a statement shared on Facebook.
“In no way does the HPOU or its leadership condone or tolerate racist behavior from any of our officers,” Douglas Griffith, the union president, said in the statement.
According to the HPOU, the HPD “prides itself as being the most diverse police department in the nation.”
The Afro American Police Officers League accused the officer of “spewing hatred, racism and de-humanizing Black people,” in its own statement.
The Independent has contacted the HPD for comment.
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