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Detroit police officer demoted over 'black girl magic' Snapchat post
Source: BBC
Detroit police officer demoted over 'black girl magic' Snapchat post
1 February 2019
A Detroit policeman has been demoted after posting a "racially insensitive" Snapchat video of him mocking a black woman he pulled over in a traffic stop.
Officer Gary Steele stopped Ariel Moore, 23, on Tuesday after finding her car's number plate had expired.
He then filmed her walking home in the dark and used a "black history month" filter displaying the caption: "what black girl magic looks like".
An investigation has been launched, and the officer has been reassigned.
In a news conference on Thursday, Detroit Police Chief James Craig condemned the video as "derogatory" and "racially insensitive".
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1 February 2019
A Detroit policeman has been demoted after posting a "racially insensitive" Snapchat video of him mocking a black woman he pulled over in a traffic stop.
Officer Gary Steele stopped Ariel Moore, 23, on Tuesday after finding her car's number plate had expired.
He then filmed her walking home in the dark and used a "black history month" filter displaying the caption: "what black girl magic looks like".
An investigation has been launched, and the officer has been reassigned.
In a news conference on Thursday, Detroit Police Chief James Craig condemned the video as "derogatory" and "racially insensitive".
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47095677
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