San Francisco Police Sent Dozens of Racist, Antigay Texts

The district attorney of San Francisco announced Thursday that his staff discovered dozens of racist and antigay texts sent between five city cops -- just one year after 14 different police officers were ensnared in another texting scandal.

D.A. George Gascon (pictured) said the latest round of missives surfaced during the discovery phase of a criminal case. He said the texts "used the n word profusely and were also derogatory toward members of the LGBT community," the Los Angeles Times reports.

Gascon has already asked San Francisco's top cop, Greg Suhr, to remove the five officers from duty.

"As with any big organization, you're going to have people who are not as you would have them be," Suhr told the San Francisco Chronicle. "As soon as I found out about it, I took swift action. I think all the honorable men and women who serve this department know I give no quarter to this kind of thing."

Suhr did not offer specifics about the terminations or suspensions.

The racist and homophobic texts were sent in 2014 and 2015 on officers' personal cell phones. The previous scandal, which emerged last year, involved texts sent in 2012, with police officers calling racial minorities "monkeys" and supporting the killing of "half-breeds." Because the department waited too long to discipline those officers, a judge ruled they can remain on the payroll, according to the L.A. Times.