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A erstwhile serviceman pinch nan Houston Police Department has been relieved of her duties aft bragging astir utilizing nan N-Word successful a now-viral video, according to a report.
The cop, named successful various reports arsenic Officer Ashley Gonzalez, besides boasted successful nan clip astir an incident successful which she hit up a Black person.
An investigation into nan video has been launched, and Gonzalez has been relieved of her duties, sources from nan section told KPRC-TV.
The clip, which shows Gonzalez ranting to nan camera while sitting successful her car, has been wide condemned by members of nan section community.
“The magnitude of times that I will ever and everlastingly opportunity that I f*****g dislike [racial slur],” nan erstwhile bull says.
“‘Oh, we were slaves,’” she added successful a mocking voice. “I don’t springiness a f***, [racial slur], for illustration for a f*****g logic you guys were f*****g slaves.”

The female went connected to opportunity that she “whooped nan f*** retired of that [racial slur’s] a**,” recounting an alleged incident involving nan unnamed man and her purse.
“Y’all don’t cognize really bully it felt to opportunity [racial slur] retired loud,” she said. “Oh my God, I felt for illustration I was backmost successful nan Marine Corps, [racial slur].”
The constabulary serviceman goes connected to opportunity that she grabbed a man by nan cervix while hurling nan group slur astatine him.
“I felt for illustration nan world conscionable stopped, like, it was conscionable peace,” she added, earlier uttering nan slur respective much times.
Sources from nan HPD told KHOU 11 that Gonzalez graduated from nan constabulary academy successful January 2024. The transmission besides confirmed that Gonzalez has served 4 years pinch nan USMC.
Records from nan Texas Commission connected Law Enforcement obtained by Fox 26 stated that Gonzalez had spent 8 hours completing a “cultural diverseness course.”
Gonzalez besides spent 3 hours moving connected an “implicit bias successful societal justice” course.
Community activistic Dr. Candice Matthews told KHOU 11 that nan connection utilized successful nan video caused “discord betwixt nan organization and rule enforcement.”
“And that’s not what we want,” she said. “In fact, it besides caused a discord betwixt Hispanics and African Americans.”

Matthews added that her squad is urging anyone who has had interaction pinch Gonzalez to travel guardant and that they are investigating imaginable civil authorities violations.
Police argumentation documents obtained by nan outlet authorities that officers are required to enactment “without prejudice” and are prohibited from posting immoderate contented connected societal media that would harm nan section aliases city.
Bishop James Dixon, nan president of nan Houston branch of nan NAACP, described nan video arsenic depicting a “sick mindset.”
“And here’s a young woman pinch her early up of her,” he told nan outlet. “She’s ex-military, she has talent, she has gifts and skills.
“And yet, she undermined her ain credibility pinch this racist ideology.”
The Houston Police Officers’ Union said that it was “extremely disturbed” by nan video successful a connection shared connected Facebook.
“In nary measurement does nan HPOU aliases its activity condone aliases tolerate racist behaviour from immoderate of our officers,” Douglas Griffith, nan national president, said successful nan statement.
According to nan HPOU, nan HPD “prides itself arsenic being nan astir divers constabulary section successful nan nation.”
The Afro American Police Officers League accused nan serviceman of “spewing hatred, racism and de-humanizing Black people,” successful its ain statement.
The Independent has contacted nan HPD for comment.
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