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Wichita SWAT Officers “De-Escalate” Another Citizen, and Still Zero Punishment for Inappropriate Text

Texts sent by 12 Wichita law enforcement officers drew considerable attention for racist comments and images, but beyond racists, many of the texts were “disturbing and unacceptable,” according to members of the city’s Citizen’s Review Board. Along with racist texts, the thread included a disturbing series of texts where the SWAT officers congratulated each other for “permanent de-escalation” i.e. killing people […]