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Documents show racism in Asian police officer from San Francisco

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(CNN)"I hate that ******," one text reads, "but I think the nig is worse."

"Indian ppl are disgusting," proclaims another.

"Burn down walgreens and kill the bums," a third message states.

These and other racist and homophobic text messages were allegedly sent by a San Francisco police officer at the center of an ongoing scandal that is the most recent disturbing revelation for the beleaguered San Francisco Police Department.

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CNN has exclusively obtained a list of dozens of offensive texts sent to and from Officer Jason Lai. The content has not been previously disclosed. The list is not a full history of his texts.

Lai resigned from the department this month, according to a police spokesman.

Don Nobles, Lai's attorney, said the texts were "not reflective of who he is" and that "there is no evidence he carried out any of those sentiments as an officer."

"He was well-liked and well-loved on his beat," he said of the six-year-veteran.



Second scandal in as many years

Nobles said the texts were seized from Lai's personal phone and had been exchanged with some of his closest friends on the police force as well as with people he had befriended on his beat.
"It's hard to say any of those things in context," the lawyer said, "but there is context to it."

It marks the second time in as many years the department has been the subject of a racist texting scandal and could undermine Chief Greg Suhr's assertion that the problem is limited to a relative handful of officers and not part a broader cultural problem within the ranks, as critics contend.

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At a press conference Tuesday, an emotional Suhr said reading the text messages sent by Lai and other SFPD officers "literally makes me sick to my stomach."

"I apologize to the public," he said. "We are better than this."
Suhr said texts sent by three other officers implicated in the scandal were "no less reprehensible" than those sent by Lai and detailed in a CNN report published Tuesday.

The chief reiterated he has "no tolerance for officers who hold such reprehensible views."

"The message is clear to both the officers in the department and the public: We will not have this in the San Francisco Police Department," he said. "The culture of this police department is, you demonstrate yourself to be a racist and a homophobe, and you're not going to be a police officer in San Francisco."

By years end, the chief said, he plans to have the entire department undergo "bias training" to help ensure every officer understands and embraces that message.

"I have already taken that training as has the entire command staff," he said.

Asked by a reporter whether he planned to step down, Suhr replied: "I don't have any plans to resign. I plan to move the department forward in the fashion I'm discussing with you right now."


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