Alabama City Moves To Disband Police Force After Slavery Joke

The City Council of Vincent, Alabama, has vot­ed to fire its police chief and assis­tant chief and ulti­mate­ly dis­band the three-per­son depart­ment amid an uproar over a vile joke about slav­ery. Police Chief James Srygley and Assistant Chief John Goss were ini­tial­ly sus­pend­ed after Goss was accused of send­ing the racist text mes­sage, but now city offi­cials are rec­om­mend­ing the may­or boot both of them, accord­ing to WBRC. 

“This has torn this com­mu­ni­ty apart,” Council Member Corey Abrams said at the emo­tion­al Thursday night meet­ing. There was no imme­di­ate response from the may­or or the police officials.
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