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Samira Asma-Sadeque

Alabama city disbands police force after racist text messages revealed

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The sheriff’s office in Shelby county said it was helping the citizens of with emergency law enforcement service. Photograph: Lumigraphics/Getty Images

The small city of Vincent in Alabama has voted to disband its police force after the revelation of racist text messages exchanged between two of its officers.

In the exchange, which recently surfaced on social media, one user named “752” asked: “What do y’all call a pregnant slave?” To this, one person who is not identifiable through the text, responded with question marks.

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