article_snippet: (CNN)Three Florida police officers were fired and a fourth resigned after exchanging a series of racially offensive text messages and a video that portrayed President Barack Obama in a derogatory way, Fort Lauderdale police said.
article_snippet: Jason Holding, James Wells and Christopher Sousa were terminated after a five-month internal affairs investigation found sustained department misconduct, conduct unbecoming of a police officer and engaging in "conduct prejudicial to the good of the order of the police department.
article_snippet: A fourth officer, Alex Alvarez, resigned but authorities said Friday that he would have been fired had he not done so.
highlights_snippet: Three officers were fired, a fourth resigned .
  