D.A. faces backlash after charging LAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist remarks

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California LAPD officer who recorded colleagues’ racist comments charged with felony eavesdropping Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday charged an LAPD officer with felony eavesdropping for making secret recordings of his colleagues’ racist, sexist and homophobic comments on the job. Hochman said the recordings contain evidence that Flores made sexist remarks and referred to a group of people as “f— Crips.” ’s motion Flores was a habitual liar. But California Department of Justice records show there were 4,878 allegations of racial bias made against LAPD officers in the last decade, and the department upheld only three of those complaints. ’s office opted not to bring charges in a different case involving an LAPD officer in possession of a secret recording.