Posted on 12/03/2015 2:34:20 PM PST by grundle
A former Bridgeport police officer who claimed someone left a racist memo on police letterhead in his mailbox at headquarters in February admitted to writing the letter himself and has been charged with filing a false report, according to police.
Former Officer Clive Higgins reported that he found a racist hate letter in his police mailbox the morning of Monday, Feb. 9 and feared for his life because of it.
The letter, printed on paper marked with the department's official letterhead, started off with "WHITE POWER" and went on to say "Officer Clive Higgins doesn't belong here in this Police Department" and "These Black Officers belong in the toilet."
A month earlier, Higgins was acquitted in connection with a 2011 police brutality case in which officers were caught on camera beating a suspect at Beardsley Park and shooting him with a stun gun. Two other officers were convicted, but a federal jury found Higgins not guilty.
"He's not getting his gun or his badge back. He didn't even support his fellow Officers in Court," the letter stated. "Where were you Higgins ?? You better watch your back.. We know where you live."
The report of the racist letter prompted the Bridgeport Guardians, a minority officers' organization, to hold a news conference, calling the letter "racial, insensitive and threatening." They said it was the most recent of at least three hateful notes to circulate within the department within a year.
State police were called in to investigate and reviewed surveillance from the station, which they said showed Higgins typing and printing documents just before going into the room where he said he found the letter, according to the report.
While Higgins said he feared for his life, surveillance showed him smiling and talking when he returned from the room, according to state police.
After investigators presented him with the photographs, Higgins began rubbing and shaking his head and admitted to typing the letter in the booking room himself and printing it out before calling the Bridgeport Guardians, according to paperwork filed in Superior Court.
When questioned during the investigation, officials from the Bridgeport Guardians said they had no idea who wrote the letter and that the person who did should be charged, according to police.
Higgins, who resigned from the department on July 6, has been charged with falsely reporting an incident. He was released on a written promise to appear and is due in court on Dec. 16. It wasn't immediately clear if he had an attorney.
Sounds like the guy doesn’t belong there....
“State police were called in to investigate and reviewed surveillance from the station, which they said showed Higgins typing and printing documents just before going into the room where he said he found the letter, according to the report.”
Nuff said about this guy’s IQ.
Whoa - who would ever have suspected?
It reminds me of a scene in blazing saddles where the sheriff points a gun at his own head.
The actual truth is that almost all white people really don’t give a rats ass about blacks enough to write stupid letters to them. Its like masturbating with your dog in the room: you don’t care what he thinks and he can stay as long as he leaves you alone.
Yup..It’s Bridgeprt
TMI...
If you cant find some real racism to blame for your troubles, fabricate some.
Don’t they vet prospects in that department? This guy doesn’t seem bright enough to be a cop. He doesn’t sound bright enough to sell light bulbs to benefit the disabled.
Oh lord! He’s just crazy enough to do it. Isn’t anyone going to save that man
Funny thing about Blazing Saddles, it makes fun of the white people. The black people in the movie are all the smart ones.
I’ll second that.
You better hope that dog keeps his mouth shut. And you’ll be hearing from PETA soon.
>>You better hope that dog keeps his mouth shut. And you’ll be hearing from PETA soon.
I have cats. They truly don’t care what you do.
Years ago in Minneapolis MN, all the black cops started finding anti-black letters in their departmental mailboxes. Big story all over the front page for weeks as the letters kept showing up almost on a daily basis. Finally, it was discovered that a black female police dispatcher was discovered to be the culprit, actually caught on video photocopying the letters, and sorting them out into the mailboxes. She was suspended for a period of time, but allowed to return to work, never charged with a crime.
the fake threats are batting 1000
ANOTHER nut job.
“It reminds me of a scene in blazing saddles where the sheriff points a gun at his own head.”
Don’t shoot or the Prez gets it!” Or something close to that. “Get back! I think he means it!.”
Bwahahahahahahaha.
This can be a teachable moment: Never try to pull a con on people who are smarter than you.
Really! We’re having a former Bridgeport PD officer James Lancia on The Jesse Lee Peterson Show (jlptalk.com) tomorrow 2nd hour (7am PT / 10am ET) to talk about this story, as well as the story from 1983 in which BPD allegedly was discriminating against black officers. He says even that was a lie. Lancia wrote a book Downtown White Police—very interesting account and perspective on policing in America, the attack on cops, and the plan to militarize/federalize police.
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