跟进：夏洛特-梅克伦堡5名警察涉种族主义短信辞职 警局三季度整体犯罪下降17%
夏洛特讯——位于北卡罗来纳州梅克伦堡县的夏洛特市警界丑闻10月19日有新进展（本站10月13日曾报道，六名夏洛特-梅克伦堡警察因涉种族歧视短信面临解雇）：夏洛特-梅克伦堡警察局（CMPD）证实，5名因涉嫌互发种族主义短信而接受内部调查的警察已经辞职。据 ABC News 报道，涉事警察共有7人于10月9日被建议解雇，截至19日已有5人辞职，其余2人被无薪停职、等待市公务员委员会审议；警局已应公开信息申请公布涉事警察姓名与人事档案，内部调查仍在进行中。
这批短信是在另一桩案件的调查中被发现的：北卡罗来纳州调查局在调查 CMPD 警察 Seth Elliott 涉嫌滥用车牌识别系统一案时，从其手机数据中发现了这个群聊。据当地媒体报道，群聊内容包含种族歧视用语，以及互相比赛谁拦停的黑人司机更多等言论。警局局长 Estella Patterson 此前在发布会上表示，短信还涉及性别与宗教偏见、时间跨度数年，她本人感到「厌恶」，警局并将寻求吊销涉事警察的执法资格证书。
与此同时，CMPD 公布的第三季度治安数据显示，夏洛特整体犯罪同比下降17%，其中财产犯罪下降17%、暴力犯罪下降15%；但凶杀案同比上升10%，今年迄今66起，去年同期60起；强奸案上升7%。警局将犯罪下降归因于重点区域的策略性部署、提高见警率与社区合作。
警局娱乐区警务组今年1月至9月在市中心（Uptown）与南区（South End）共逮捕402人、缴获236支枪支。市中心今年已承办130多场大型活动，警方称当地犯罪保持在低位。（GSM 据 ABC News、夏洛特市政府发布报道）
Follow-Up: Five Charlotte-Mecklenburg Officers Resign Amid Racist-Text Probe; Q3 Crime Down 17%
CHARLOTTE — In a follow-up to GSM's October 13 report that six Charlotte-Mecklenburg officers faced termination over racist text messages, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, confirmed on October 19 that five officers under internal investigation for allegedly sharing racist text messages have resigned. According to ABC News, seven officers in total were cited for termination on October 9; five had resigned as of Monday, while the remaining two are on unpaid suspension pending review by the city's Civil Service Board. The department has released the officers' names and personnel files in response to public-records requests, and the internal investigation is ongoing.
The messages surfaced during an unrelated case: the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation found the group chat in phone data seized while investigating CMPD officer Seth Elliott, who is charged with misusing a license-plate-reader system. Local media reported the chat included racial slurs and a competition over who could pull over the most Black drivers. Police Chief Estella Patterson said at an earlier news conference that the texts, spanning several years, also showed sexual and religious bias, called them disgusting, and said the department would seek revocation of the officers' law-enforcement certifications.
Separately, CMPD's third-quarter figures show overall crime in Charlotte down 17% year over year, with property crime down 17% and violent crime down 15%. Homicides, however, rose 10% — 66 so far this year versus 60 at the same point last year — and rapes rose 7%. The department credited strategic deployment, higher officer visibility in high-activity areas and community partnerships.
The department's Entertainment District Unit made 402 arrests and seized 236 firearms in Uptown and South End from January through September. Uptown has hosted more than 130 major events this year while crime there remained low, police said. (GSM, based on ABC News and City of Charlotte releases)
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图片来源：夏洛特市中心（Uptown）航拍，前景为美国银行体育场（资料图）。Precisionviews 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons 发布。Aerial view of Uptown Charlotte (file photo). By Precisionviews, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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