San Francisco police face suspension for 'offensive' videos

One police officer was suspended and others faced discipline after making videos that used racist, sexist and homophobic stereotypes, officials said.

About 20 officers participated in creating or performing in the videos, intended as a spoof of life on the force, according to Mayor Gavin Newsom and Police Chief Heather Fong.

“The content ranges from immature and vulgar to sexist, racist and homophobic,” the two said in a joint statement.

The videos made fun of Asians, blacks, women and members of the gay and transgender communities, Fong said.

One of the police officers accused of making the videos today defended the work as satirical, and blasted the police chief for criticising.

“Shame on her,” Officer Andrew Cohen, who was the suspended officer, said on ABC’s Good Morning America today.