article_snippet.sent: Fort Lauderdale police officers who lost their jobs following an investigation into a racist video and text messages.
article_snippet.sent: All of four former Fort Lauderdale police officers committed misconduct involving racist texts 'exchanged among four former Fort Lauderdale police officers and former police officers', Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Frank Adderley (far right) said.
article_snippet.sent: In the officers cellphone messages, the officers sent each other 'racial, sexist and ethically inappropriate' images and other content, including offensive comments against both Hispanics and homosexuals.
article_snippet.sent: the officers also 'criticized the officers coworkers' grammar, appearance, work ethic and referred to an entire shift as lazy (expletives)'.
article_snippet.sent: And the officers even talked about killing and injuring black people, CBS reported.
article_snippet.sent: All of the four officers involved in the case committed misconduct involving racist texts 'exchanged among the four officers involved in the case and former police officers', Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Frank Adderley said .
article_snippet.sent: Chief Adderley, who is African-American, added that the four officers involved in the case did not engage in criminal behavior, 'but the four officers involved in the case conduct was inexcusable and there is zero tolerance for this kind of behavior' in the force.
article_snippet.sent: Broward Public Defender Howard Finkelstein said that between January 1, 2014, and the time the officers left the force, the officers were involved in 56 felony arrests of black and other minority suspects.
article_snippet.sent: The police department in south-east Florida, which has around 500 agents, has now created a human diversity class that all officers must attend on an annual basis in the wake of the incident.
article_snippet.sent: The police department (pictured) in south-east Florida, which has around 500 agents, has now created a human diversity class that all officers must attend on an annual basis in the wake of the incident the incident .
highlights_snippet.sent: Officers exchanged 'inexcusable' racist text messages, police chief said .
  