San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr speaks to members of the media
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SAN FRANCISCO (KTVU) - San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr on Friday announced the conclusion of an Internal Affairs investigation into racist and homophobic text messages sent by officers.
Suhr said at least one police sergeant and a captain were involved. "It just makes me sick to even talk about it," said Suhr. "Certainly to have a member as high ranking as a captain was particularly disheartening."
The texts surfaced a couple of weeks ago after former officer Ian Furminger was sentenced on federal corruption charges.
Former officer Ian Furminger
Fourteen officers in all were the subject of an internal investigation. Suhr says eight - including the captain - sent messages sickening enough to warrant immediate suspension and eventual termination.
Michael Robison - a gay police officer and 23 year veteran - resigned over the texts he shared with Furminger.
On Friday, Officer Michael Celis, a 16 year veteran of the force, announced he'd step down as well - a move that may help the officers keep their pensions.
"Those [texts] don't represent his views, they don't represent how he approached his work and his life," said San Francisco attorney Tony Brass, who represents Celis and Robison. "But he understands that the texts are incompatible with continuing his work as a San Francisco police officer."
In a statement, San Francisco Police Officers Association President Martin Halloran said, "These officers need to be afforded their due process... If these allegations are proven to be true... there is no place for this type of behavior within the San Francisco Police Officers Association or the SFPD."
The officers will go before the Police Commission, which will have the final say on whether to terminate them or mete out another form of discipline.
Critics on Friday called for reform in the department. "We have to vet officers," said San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi, "so we don't have officers who hold racist views that are going to endanger not only themselves but the public, and also provide training on unconscious bias."
Suhr said the department recently restored a racial profiling class that had lost funding and plans to examine officers' backgrounds for warning signs.
"You have to assume that there could be more," said Suhr. "So we're going to look at their personal history questionnaires to see if there's some commonality that we hired somebody that we should've known that we shouldn't have hired."
Forget all the talk about Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose... we're off that.
Amber looks like she's got her eyes on the oh so sexy video vixen Rosa Acosta.
The two arrived at Beso Restaurant in West Hollywood last night in separate vehicles, but left together only after locking lips in front of the cameras.
Now listen all you doubters, don't ruin my fantasy. If I choose to believe these two beautiful women are getting it on between the sheets, then let me enjoy that fantasy.
Yeah I know Amber Rose is filming a new reality show called 'Behind Her Shades', and of course this is great publicity.
But dammit that was real, wasn't it?
Make a sex tape ladies so we know it's official.
Video Of Rosa Acosta and Amber Rose Arriving At Beso's, Kissing, The Leaving Together
Lindsay Lohan is newly liberated from rehab and ready to get her career back on track we hope.
Paparazzi caught up with her as she went to visit her probation officer Friday (August 27) at the Santa Monica Courthouse. Linds chose to wear short cut off jeans, a sheer t-shirt with no bra and a flannel shirt she barely bothered to keep closed.
Later she is seen, even more relaxed as she dumps the flannel shirt completely and lets it all hang out while getting gas for her Maserati.
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Nicki Minaj has been the subject of a lot of rumors in her short career.
Has she had plastic surgery? Did she date Lil Wayne? Is she really bi-sexual? Is Diddy her manager and are the two of them involved romantically?
While she didn't clear up all speculation, the Young Money femcee did set the record straight on a couple of those topics.
In a recent interview with CNN, Nicki was asked about those Diddy rumors.
"You know how you look at your older brother? That's how I look at Diddy. When people say that, it makes me gag. He's my friend, and he's sweet and he's a great guy, but I could never see him that way," she said.
The article states that for the record, Diddy is not her manager.
Nicki also had a something to say about people that constantly put down her abilities as a rapper.
"The people that are inclined to hate are also inclined to be losers. A loser could never congratulate a winner - it's not in them" she says.
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Gloria Velez considers herself a pioneer for female Latina's in the business. In this interview with MajorMovesDVD she talks about her aspirations to be the first Latina rapper to break the platinum sales mark in hip hop.
She also takes time to clown Nicki Minaj again. Glo went in on Nicki over Young Money's "Roger That" beat a few months ago, now she's added Drake to her list of targets
"I actually agree with Lil Kim, like I said in my rhymes," Gloria says. "In the beginning Nicki was trying to be Lil Kim with the pictures, the spreading the legs, mimicking Fox [Foxy Brown]. Trying to rap reggae, certain slang the way Fox said it. Kim definitely paved the way for females and Nicki Minaj should give her props. And I think that was a bitch ass move for Drake to even get into female business. That's some bitch ass sh*t, come on dude are you serious, like is the p*ssy that good?"
Glo says there is no way Nicki Minaj will go gold on her debut album and calls Keys corny and ugly.
Interesting stuff, let's see if Nicki or Keys fires back