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Police officer racist/homophobic texts revealed
'Indian ppl are disgusting... kill the bums': The racist and homophobic texts sent by San Francisco police officer revealed
The messages were sent to and from Jason Lai, a Chinese police officer who resigned from the department earlier this month
Other officers trading texts with Lai are blacked out or listed as 'unknown' in the documents
The texts were discovered during an investigation into an ongoing separate sexual assault scandal involving Jason Lai from last year
Officials were reading through the huge haul of evidence when they found the messages, which had been sent by at least four officers
The texts were sent on the police officers' personal cell phones between late 2014 and late 2015
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The disparaging homophobic and racist texts about black, Indian and Hispanic people allegedly sent by San Francisco police officers have been released to the public.
Texts discovered during an investigation into an ongoing separate 2015 sexual assault scandal involving SFPD officer Jason Lai feature messages including 'F*** that n*g' and 'Indian ppl are disgusting'.
The messages, obtained by CNN, were sent to and from Lai, a Chinese officer who resigned from the department earlier this month.
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Racist and homophobic text messages were sent to and from Jason Lai, a San Francisco police officer who resigned from the department earlier this month
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Officials were reading through the huge haul of evidence when they found the messages, which had been sent by at least four officers.
'I hate that beaner,' one text read, using a derogatory word for Hispanic people. 'But I think the n*g is worse.'
'Indian ppl are disgusting,' said another message.
'Burn down walgreens and kill the bums,' a third message read.
The above text messages were allegedly set by Lai and had been exchanged on his personal phone to his closest friends in the police department and people he had befriended on his beat.
The texts were sent on the police officers' personal cell phones between late 2014 and late 2015.
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In addition to the racist texts, Lai also allegedly used coded language to talk about gay officers, a source told CNN.
'Passive aggressive 528,' he wrote in one message. The code 528 refers to the numeric call for a fire call, and Lai allegedly used the code to describe gay officers as 'flames or flaming', the source said.
Lai's also made blanketed statements about residents living in the largely minority and low-income Tenderloin district, saying 'They're all drug dealers in the TL'.
In one text Lai makes a joke about President Barack Obama and says he hates Cleveland basketball player LeBron James.
'F*** that n*g,' the text reads.
In several texts, Lai makes references to 'hock gwai', which appears to be a misspelled reference to 'hak gwai', a Cantonese derogatory phrase for African Americans.
In texts sent last June, the messages describe a 'bunch of hock gwais shooting each other'.
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