Two North Carolina cops fired for making racial slurs have been pictured for the first time, as a District Attorney reviews their police cases for any instances of possible bias. Officers Michael 'Kevin' Piner, 44, and James 'Brian' Gilmore, 48, were booted from the Wilmington Police Department on Wednesday along with Cpl. Jesse More, 50, for violating standards of conduct and using inappropriate slurs.
The men were discovered to have made racist comments during a department audit of a camera placed in Officer Piner's car.
Piner was caught on camera stating saying a civil war was needed to wipe black people 'off the f**king map'.
Gilmore stated that white people were now 'worshiping blacks,' and said he had seen a video of a 'fine looking white girl and this little punk pretty boy bowing down and kissing their toes.'
Officers Michael 'Kevin' Piner (left) and James 'Brian' Gilmore (right) were booted from the Wilmington Police Department on Thursday along with Cpl. Jesse More, 50, for violating standards of conduct and using inappropriate slurs.
Following the trio's firing on Thursday, the city's Police Chief, Donny Williams, immediately asked New Hanover & Pender County District Attorney to review cases the men had been involved in to look for bias.
reported Friday that 89 cases have been flagged, and some have already been thrown out.
Police Chief Williams was interviewed on the news program Friday morning, where he explained why he wanted to terminate the officers, as opposed to have them resign.
'People are tired of officers being involved in misconduct and walking away quietly,' Williams stated, explaining that some cops are able to 'maintain their certification and get another law enforcement job'.
All three of the fired officers had worked in law enforcement for du lịch bắc kinh more than 20 years respectively.
Williams - who is Wilmington's first black Police Chief - praised his department for transparency after the sergeant auditing the tapes quickly brought them to his attention.
Police Chief Williams was interviewed on the news program Friday morning, bắc kinh where he explained why he wanted to terminate the officers, as opposed to have them resign.
When asked whether Wilmington PD needed more black officers, Williams replied 'the color of a person's skin is not going to determine the color of their heart.'
'You have white officers that are good officers, you have white officers that are bad officers,' the police chief explained.
'You have black officers that are good officers, and you also have black officers that are bad officers.
The color of their heart is more important to me than the color of their skin.'
Three police officers in North Carolina have been fired for making racial slurs, police chief Donny Williams announced on Wednesday in Wilmington
