BATON ROUGE COP RESIGNS AFTER ALLEGEDLY SENDING RACIST TEXTS CALLING BLACKS N*GGAS AND MONKEYS

BATON ROUGE, LOUISANA

A Baton Rouge police officer resigned Thursday after he allegedly sent racially-charged text messages to another person, Baton Rouge Police Cpl. Don Coppola confirmed Thursday. Michael Elsbury reportedly submitted his letter of resignation Thursday afternoon.

In text messages obtained by WBRZ, Elsbury allegedly sent a message that read: "They are nothing but a bunch of monkeys. The only reason they have this job is the n*****, n***** in them."



Another string of texts Elsbury allegedly sent read: "I wish someone would pull a Ferguson on them and take them out. I hate looking at those African monkeys at work...I enjoy arresting those thugs with their saggy pants."

Coppola said Elsbury has been on the force for nearly 15 years. In his resignation letter, Elsbury did not discuss the ongoing investigation of his text messages.

The text messages were allegedly sent to someone outside of the police department.