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- The chief of police in the predominantly Black town of Lexington, Mississippi, was fired this week after a leaked recording published by an investigative news outlet revealed that the white official bragged about killing 13 people in the line of duty – including shooting one Black man at least 119 times.
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Jul 23, 2022 · The White police chief of a predominantly Black town in Mississippi was terminated this week after audio surfaced, allegedly of him using racist and homophobic slurs, telling one of his officers ...
Jul 23, 2022 · A Mississippi police chief was fired after he was allegedly caught using racist slurs in a taped recording in which he also bragged about the number of people he had shot.
Jul 21, 2022 · A Mississippi police chief has been sacked after he was recorded spewing racist and homophobic epithets— and even bragged about repeatedly shooting and killing suspects.
Jul 22, 2022 · Former Lexington Police Department Chief Sam Dobbins was fired Wednesday after the city's board of aldermen voted to oust him in a session that lasted more than an hour, WLBT reported. The vote...
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Now-former Lexington, Mississippi police chief Sam Dobbins was fired after a leaked audio recording with homophobic and racist slurs appears to show him bragging about killing 13 people in the...
4 days ago · In July 2021, Lexington’s Board of Aldermen appointed Sam Dobbins, who is white, as police chief. A year later, his tenure was cut short when a former LPD officer leaked an audio recording of Dobbins using a racial slur while bragging about shooting someone. In the recording, Dobbins said, “I shot that n----- 119 times, okay?”
Feb 29, 2024 · The city’s former police chief, Sam Dobbins, was fired after a civil rights organization obtained an audio recording of him using racial slurs and talking about how many people he had killed in the line of duty. Justice Department officials said they met with city leaders Thursday.
