Socialites, get into this: A Cincinnati cop is not fired but suspended after being caught on her own dash camera using racial slurs while on the job.
A video that has been released to the public shows officer Rose Valentino uttering the N-word while responding to a scene at a high school a school in Western Hills. According to the report and the video, Valentino was driving in slow motion near the school’s pick-up/drop-off area. WLWT 5 reports that Valentino, who has been a member of the force since 2008, was agitated on April 5 after she got stuck behind a line of cars waiting to pick up students outside Western Hills University High School. When she activated her lights to get cars to move and they didn’t, that’s when she got upset, the internal review reportedly states. Valentino told drivers to move after rolling down her window. As she did that, a Black student allegedly gave her the middle finger, which is when she used the racist slur. “F—ing [N-word], I f—ing hate them,” Officer Rose Valentino allegedly said in reference to a teenage boy who walked by her cruiser, according to an internal probe, as reported by the Cincinnati Inquirer and other news outlets.
So what was her reason for using the racial slur on top of being frustrated? “Officer Valentino believed she had been desensitized by music and hearing people talk on the street. Constant exposure has allowed this slur to slip into Officer Valentino’s vernacular,” the report states…
So What Does She Plan To Do Now That She Has Time Off To Think About Her Actions?
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Per the New York Post citing the Inquirer, she has already sought treatment after the incident but denied to investigators that any biases affect her police work. Meanwhile, Cincinnati Police Union president Dan Hils said no officer should use a racial slur, the newspaper reported. He noted that the union represents every officer in disciplinary hearings.
Aside from that, the Cincinnati NAACP also denounced the use of the slur by Valentino:
“This officer does not deserve the privilege of serving the citizens of Cincinnati,” the NAACP chapter said in a statement. “Her true bias was exposed, and she should not be a police officer.”
As a result of her poor actions, Cincinnati police confirmed to WLWT that she will return on desk duty as a disciplinary process gets underway.
“Officer Valentino will not be on city streets in uniform, wearing a badge, or carrying a firearm,” City Manager John Curp said.
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