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A Eugene Police Department officer resigned Saturday after body camera footage showed the officer using “racist and deeply offensive” language against Black people, according to a statement from EPD Police Chief Chris Skinner.

In a four-minute clip of the body camera footage obtained and published by a community member, the officer was driving around the Eugene Federal Building during a protest that occurred on Jan. 30 and was on the phone with another individual. According to a timestamp on the footage, the call occurred around 7:30 p.m..

The protest had escalated and chemical munitions were being deployed on protesters in order to disperse the crowd. EPD had declared the protest a riot around an hour earlier.

Discussing the protest, the officer — whose name has not yet been released — can be heard saying “Oh, there’s gas everywhere” and laughing, and then goes on to say “And none of (the protesters) give a shit about illegal aliens. You know what I mean? They don’t know any,” to the individual they were on the phone with.

Later in the footage the officer, after talking about a cruise, asked “Which (company) do Black people go on?” followed by “they can’t swim. You’ve got to be able to swim if you go.”

The individual on the phone then named several foods associated with racist stereotypes.

Additionally, the officer and the individual on the phone call discussed two coworkers who had allegedly been physically violent toward their family members. According to the individual on the call, the coworker admitted to him that he would “grab” and belittle his wife.

The individual on the call then said another coworker was “doing the same shit,” and described how he “chucked” his daughter up against a wall and slapped her face. The officer then responded, asking “Isn’t that why he got fired?”

Skinner said in the statement that what was said in the video was “unacceptable” and did not reflect the values of EPD. 

“There is no excuse for racist remarks from anyone who wears this badge,” the statement said.

The statement went on to say that “accountability must be real,” and that EPD will review its policies, trainings, supervision and culture to ensure this conduct is not tolerated within the department.

Independent Police Auditor Craig Renetzky said in a press release that the video contained comments that were “highly offensive, racist in their nature and simply put, disgusting.” Renetzky was made aware of the video Saturday at around 11:30 a.m., and immediately launched a preliminary investigation.

Renetzky said that he planned to immediately start the process of initiating a complaint and allegation of misconduct, but then heard that the officer had resigned. After the resignation, the auditor could no longer bring allegations of misconduct against the officer as they are only authorized to bring allegations to EPD employees.

However, Renetzky said that the preliminary investigation will continue to “ensure none of the other voices heard on the video are EPD employees,” and bring allegations against any employees if they are identified as being in the footage.

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