3 North Carolina police officers fired over racist rants Three North Carolina police officers have been fired after a video showed them making inappropriate comments, including one office saying society needed a civil war to wipe Black people off the mapWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Three members of a North Carolina police department have been fired after a department audit of a video recording captured one of the officers saying a civil war was necessary to wipe Black people off the map and that he was ready. Jessie Moore, and officers Kevin Piner and Brian Gilmore. Later, according to the investigation, Piner told Moore that he feels a civil war is coming and that he is ready. Piner then told Moore that he felt a civil war was needed to “wipe them off the (expletive) map. ———This story has been corrected to show that the officers were fired Tuesday, not Wednesday.

Source: ABC News June 24, 2020 22:52 UTC