N.C. Sheriff Lets Deputies Play Bloody Video Games Depicting Latinos

By admin August 15, 2014 11:08

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Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson. (GETTY)

Now here’s a new video game to talk about.

Terry Johnson, North Carolina sheriff is being accused of racial profiling in a U.S. Justice Department case. This Thursday, during the third day of the trial, video games were revealed by testimonies that depict Latinos in a discriminatory way.

According to FOX News Latino, DOJ Attorney Anika Gzifa grilled one of his deputies, Alamance County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) Detention Officer Mario Wiley about a video game called “Border Patrol” that he played while on duty more than four years ago.

In 2010, Wiley was a supervisor at the Alamance County jail when he sent a link in an email for a game called “Border Patrol” to five other employees at the jail.

Screenshots of the video games were showed in court, where Mexican cartoon characters were shown being shot as they tried to cross the U.S. southern border.

Wiley denied that he paid any attention to the details of the game and told the DOJ lawyer that the object of the game was to shoot people and get a high score.

Gzifa asked Wiley if he had seen the “Welcome to the United States” sign in the game or he believed the term “wetback” – featured prominently in the game – was offensive. The detention officer stated that he only saw people running across the field and missed the sign.

While the video game and the use of racial slurs – one ACSO supervisor testified to hearing detention officers use the terms “wetback,” “beaner” and “spic” to refer to Latinos – are part of the DOJ’s case against Sheriff Johnson, the main accusations being leveled against the lawman is that he used his office to violate the Constitution’s promise of equal protection of law and barring unreasonable searches.