By Kalyn Womack\The Root
Screenshot Hawaii News Now\Darin Akita
Four deputies from the Hawaii Department of Law Enforcement were accused of giving their Black co-worker a pretty hard time last year. By a hard time, we mean they allegedly racially harassed him for months – so bad, it resulted in cuffs for every cop involved.
Deputy Martin Horton, 56, told Hawaii News Now he was the target of a slew of racially charged insults and banter that began after he graduated from training in December of 2023. He’d just been appointed to be the new deputy on probation, assigned to the state Capitol when one day, Deputy Alvin Turla made two inappropriate, sexual comments about his lips. When he brought up the issue to a sergeant, he said he was rudely dismissed.
