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PICTURED: North Carolina cops fired for making racist remarks - as District Attorney reviews cases they were involved in and flags EIGHTY-NINE for potential bias

Two North Carolina cops fired for making racial slurs have been pictured for the first time, as a District Attorney reviews their police c...

Two North Carolina cops fired for making racial slurs have been pictured for the first time, as a District Attorney reviews their police cases for any instances of possible bias.  
Officers Michael 'Kevin' Piner, 44, and James 'Brian' Gilmore, 48, were booted from the Wilmington Police Department on Wednesday along with Cpl. Jesse More, 50, for violating standards of conduct and using inappropriate slurs.  
The men were discovered to have made racist comments during a department audit of a camera placed in Officer Piner's car. 
Piner was caught on camera stating saying a civil war was needed to wipe black people 'off the f**king map'. 
Gilmore stated that white people were now 'worshiping blacks,' and said he had seen a video of a 'fine looking white girl and this little punk pretty boy bowing down and kissing their toes.' 
Officers Michael 'Kevin' Piner (pictured) was booted  from the Wilmington Police Department on Thursday along with Officer James 'Brian' Gilmore and  Cpl. Jesse More, 50, for violating standards of conduct and using inappropriate slurs.
James 'Brian' Gilmore is pictured
Officers Michael 'Kevin' Piner (left)  and James 'Brian' Gilmore (right)  were booted from the Wilmington Police Department on Thursday along with Cpl. Jesse More, 50, for violating standards of conduct and using inappropriate slurs.
Following the trio's firing on Thursday, the city's Police Chief, Donny Williams, immediately asked New Hanover & Pender County District Attorney to review cases the men had been involved in to look for bias.  
CBS This Morning reported Friday that 89 cases have been flagged, and some have already been thrown out. 
Police Chief Williams was interviewed on the news program Friday morning, where he explained why he wanted to terminate the officers, as opposed to have them resign. 

'People are tired of officers being involved in misconduct and walking away quietly,' Williams stated, explaining that some cops are able to 'maintain their certification and get another law enforcement job'. 
All three of the fired officers had worked in law enforcement for more than 20 years respectively.  
Williams - who is Wilmington's first black Police Chief - praised his department for transparency after the sergeant auditing the tapes quickly brought them to his attention. 
Police Chief Williams was interviewed on the news program Friday morning, where he explained why he wanted to terminate the officers, as opposed to have them resign.
Police Chief Williams was interviewed on the news program Friday morning, where he explained why he wanted to terminate the officers, as opposed to have them resign.
When asked whether Wilmington PD needed more black officers, Williams replied 'the color of a person's skin is not going to determine the color of their heart.'
'You have white officers that are good officers, you have white officers that are bad officers,' the police chief explained. 
'You have black officers that are good officers, and you also have black officers that are bad officers. The color of their heart is more important to me than the color of their skin.' 
Three police officers in North Carolina have been fired for making racial slurs, police chief Donny Williams announced on Wednesday in Wilmington
Three police officers in North Carolina have been fired for making racial slurs, police chief Donny Williams announced on Wednesday in Wilmington

Williams first addressed the media on Wednesday, when he announced the officers' firings. 
'When I first learned of these conversations, I was shocked, saddened and disgusted,' Williams said at a news conference. 
'There is no place for this behavior in our agency or our city and it will not be tolerated.' 
According to documents released by the police department, a sergeant was conducting a video audit as part of a monthly inspection and was reviewing footage from Piner's car that had been classified as 'accidental activation.' 
After the sergeant listened to the conversation and determined comments made by Piner and Moore were 'extremely racist,' she contacted the department administrator for the camera system.
At the 46-minute mark of the video, Piner and Gilmore began talking from their respective cars, at which time Piner criticized the department, saying its only concern was 'kneeling down with the black folks.' 
Gilmore, hired like Moore by the department in 1997, said that whites were now 'worshiping blacks,' adding he'd seen a video of a 'fine looking white girl and this little punk pretty boy bowing down and kissing their toes.' 
About 30 minutes later, Piner, hired in 1998, received a phone call from Moore, according to the investigation, a segment in which Moore referred to a Black female as a 'f****** negro.'
'She needed a bullet in the head right then and move on,' Moore said of the woman.
'Let's move the body out of the way and keep going.'
Later, while complaining about a black judge whom Moore called a 'f****** negro magistrate,' Moore added: 'It's bad man, because not all black people are like that.'
Piner replied: 'Most of 'em.'  
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He repeated the use of the slur in describing a black magistrate, and Moore used a gay slur to describe the magistrate as well.
Later, according to the investigation, Piner told Moore that he feels a civil war is coming and that he is ready. 
Piner said he was going to buy a new assault rifle, and soon 'we are just going to go out and start slaughtering them f****** n******'. 
'I can't wait. God, I can't wait.' 
Moore responded that he would not do that.
Piner then told Moore that he felt a civil war was needed to 'wipe them off the f****** map.' 
He continued: 'That'll put them back about four or five generations.' 
Moore told Piner he was 'crazy,' and the recording stopped a short time later.
According to police, the officers admitted it was their voices on the video and didn't deny any of the content. 
While the officers denied that they were racists, they blamed their comments on the stress on law enforcement in light of the protests over the death of George Floyd. 
Floyd, a Black man, died last month after a Minneapolis police officer put his knee on Floyd's neck for several minutes. 

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