{"id":17563,"date":"2026-11-03T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/?p=17563"},"modified":"2026-11-03T18:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T23:53:07","slug":"cmpd-racist-texts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/cmpd-racist-texts\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Police Training and the CMPD Racist Text Allegations | A Guest Speaker&#8217;s View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Teaching and sharing perspectives on criminal law, procedure, and DWI in North Carolina has been part of Bill Powers&#8217; professional life for years, which is why the reporting on six Charlotte-Mecklenburg officers and a group text thread filled with racist messages lands from two directions at once.<\/p>\n<p>The first is the obvious one. Powers is a Charlotte <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/criminal-defense.html\" target=\"_blank\">criminal defense lawyer<\/a>, and his courtroom work involves reasonable suspicion and probable cause. Those types of legal challenges, and the associated pretrial motions and hearings, regularly test an officer\u2019s recollection, vantage point, and training, and whether an observation that seemed clear at the roadside holds up against the BWC &#8211; Body Worn Camera <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/state-v-chemuti-criminal-discovery-north-carolina-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\">video recording<\/a> and the report.<\/p>\n<p>Mistaken observations happen. Memories fade. Those are the ordinary questions, and they are asked without suggesting the officer was anything other than honest. The far rarer case is one in which an officer\u2019s truthfulness or personal motives become the issue. Why did the officer stop this driver? What did the officer see, and what did the officer write down? Does the testimony deserve the confidence of a judge or jury? When officers allegedly joke about pulling over Black drivers, those questions change character, and motive moves to the center of the analysis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/cmpd-racist-texts\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Charlotte Police Training and the CMPD Racist Text Allegations | A Guest Speaker&#8217;s View\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teaching and sharing perspectives on criminal law, procedure, and DWI in North Carolina has been part of Bill Powers&#8217; professional life for years, which is why the reporting on six Charlotte-Mecklenburg officers and a group text thread filled with racist messages lands from two directions at once. The first is the obvious one. 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