Alabama city disbands police force after racist text messages revealed

The small city of Vincent in Alabama has voted to disband its police force after the revelation of racist text messages exchanged between two of its officers.

The messages were first reported by AL.com on Tuesday, the same day the Vincent city council met to decide on the issue.

But on Thursday, Srygley himself was identified as one of the officers who was terminated. Assistant chief John L Goss was also terminated, and the city council then voted to disband the whole department.

The population of the town, south-east of Birmingham, is about 2,000 as of 2021, with fewer than 500 African Americans, and only eight Hispanic people.