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Saturday, September 17, 2005

to protect and serve

but ONLY if you are white i guess

from my local paper;

Police Racism Charge Jars Bristol

Sergeant Resigns, Captain On Leave After Complaint About Broadcast Racial Slurs
September 17, 2005 By DON STACOM, Courant Staff Writer

BRISTOL -- A sergeant resigned abruptly Friday and the police department's second in command was put on administrative leave after accusations surfaced that they broadcast racial slurs over a "pirate" FM radio station.The sergeant periodically used a homemade studio in the basement of his city home for the middle-of-the-night racist broadcasts, according to the NAACP, which held a press conference Friday at police headquarters to publicize the complaint.


The unlicensed broadcasts were billed as WNFR - "Nigger-Free Radio," according to the NAACP and state Rep. Roger Michele, D-Bristol, who lodged the complaint.They both called for a federal Department of Justice investigation.Mayor Gerard Couture appeared stunned by the accusations and scrambled to respond. By late Friday, he had asked State's Attorney Christopher Morano to begin an independent investigation and promised to hire an outside law firm to look into the complaint. At the end of the day, he announced that Sgt. Richard Valentine, a 25-year veteran, had resigned. "He came in and apologized and submitted his resignation," Couture said............................

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