A group of black Philadelphia police officers filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against their department, alleging an online forum geared toward city police is "infested with racist, white supremacist and anti-African-American content."
The suit alleges white officers post on and moderate the privately operated site, Domelights.com, both on and off the job.
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A look at the site’s forums Friday for racist comments found several possibilities. Reads one: “In urban areas, it seems [African-Americans] living on welfare in paid for housing is ingrained in their culture as well as fighting. … Kids, along with adults can’t speak proper English or spell at a 3rd grade level, but they can sing among "theyselves” the lyrics to a rap song."
The lawsuit also highlights comments made on Domelights by the site’s founder and administrator, a sergeant in the Philadelphia police force who goes by the online handle “McQ.”
I'm not sure they will achieve much more then getting the web site pulled. The big IF is if they can prove posting take place on the police department's computers; better would be to find posting from lap tops or patrol car computers.