3 UAH campus police officers fired after controversial traffic stop involving Black teen
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Updated: 12:36 PM CST Jan 14, 2021
The Associated Press
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Updated: 12:36 PM CST Jan 14, 2021
The Associated Press
The University of Alabama at Huntsville says three police officers were fired following a review of a traffic stop where a Black teen was asked if he had a dead prostitute in his car.On Tuesday, the school announced the termination of the former police chief, a captain and the officer involved in the October incident.A Facebook post from the teen's mother previously said her 17-year-old son was stopped by the officers for what was said to be a cracked tail light and one asked him several times if he had drugs "or a dead prostitute" in his car.The officers' names weren't immediately released.— — Click here to read what UAH said about its "UAHPD Action Plan" on Wednesday.—