Bridgeport Officer Who Reported Racist Letter Wrote It: Police

While Higgins said he feared for his life, surveillance showed him smiling and talking when he returned from the room, according to state police.

NBC Connecticut, --December 3, 2015

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A former Bridgeport police officer who claimed someone left a racist memo on police letterhead in his mailbox at headquarters in February admitted to writing the letter himself and has been charged with filing a false report, according to police.
Former Officer Clive Higgins reported that he found a racist hate letter in his police mailbox the morning of Monday, Feb. 9 and feared for his life because of it. The letter, printed on paper marked with the department's official letterhead, started off with "WHITE POWER" and went on to say "Officer Clive Higgins doesn't belong here in this Police Department" and "These Black Officers belong in the toilet." More...

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