It's Not Just Her!

Disgraced the badge in a minute TikTok video.

The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement will definitely have a mess on their hands.

A woman who made a viral rant calling Black people racial slurs was outed as a Houston Police officer. Now it will certainly affect the agency, the precient she was stationed at and the community that depends on her to do her job with impartiality.

It also grows the calls for the end of police immunity.

Ashley Gonzales has officially scrubbed her social media. I had difficulty trying to search for all her profiles. I didn't bother looking at MySpace but I will soon. But TikTok, Facebook and YouTube profiles of her are gone. But I am definitely looking for all of them.

Authorities said they believe it's Houston Police Officer Ashley Gonzalez in the video. While she's still technically an employee, she has been relieved of duty.

According to Houston Police Department officials, Gonzalez turned in her badge and gun and will be checked on to make sure she's at her house every day. She's not allowed to perform any police duties. When the investigation into the incident is complete, she will either be reinstated or indefinitely suspended, which means she will be fired and not eligible to be rehired.

In the video, Gonzalez appears to be referring to an incident that happened while she was off duty. She said she "hated Black people" and if she were to respond to a 911 call and a Black person was at the scene, she would take them to jail. She used the N-word several times and referenced slavery.

In the video, she said she felt good about calling a Black person the N-word to their face.

Gonzalez mentioned that the situation she was talking about in the video reminded her of her time in the Marines. According to military officials, Gonzalez served in the Marines from March 2019 through March 2023 and reached the rank of Corporal, E4. She was a motor vehicle operator and earned several awards, including the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. Records show she did not deploy during her tenure.

The Houston Police Officers' Union issued a statement condemning Gonzalez's actions. The president of the Houston chapter of the NAACP, Bishop James Dixon, also condemned the video. He told us he has talked with the HPOU president, and they are on the same page.

“That is a sick mindset and is violence waiting to happen," Dixon said.

Dixon added that he has heard from several officers who are also disgusted by her actions.

Pretty stupid.

"Most people in law enforcement don't represent this ideology," Dixon said. "She misrepresented, you know, her colleagues and those who are out here every day trying to build public trust through the kind of service they provide."

Here's the full statement from HPOU:

"The Houston Police Officers’ Union is extremely disturbed by a video circulating on social media regarding an officer making offensive, racist comments. In no way does the HPOU or its leadership condone or tolerate racist behavior from any of our officers. The Houston Police Department prides itself as being the most diverse police department in the nation, largely a product of the collaborative changes to civil service law that the HPOU and the Department have made through our meet and confer process. It is our belief that the Department is diligently working to confirm the authenticity of this video and will take appropriate measures to ensure public confidence and trust between our Department and our community."

While officers have limited free speech rights, they cannot engage in behavior that undermines the department's professionalism.

Houston a city with 2.7 million residents, extending into four counties has over 5,800 officers covering 678 miles. 

The lack of sympathy when a police officer killed on duty will be directly traced to people like that woman. Her rant will assure that people will not shed one tear if a police officer is killed.

When cops are acting like this on social media or in public, the likelihood of watching their fellow officers die is strong. When a suspect does kill a law enforcement officer, people gonna justify it by saying folks like Ashley Gonzales made it possible.

Her rants show that the whole department would rather kill you than protect you.

So why not protect yourself from the abusive cops?

If she is terminated, she will be ineligible to serve as a law enforcement officer in Texas.

If she does move to another state, it could follow her. But it highly unlikely she will ever be a police officer again.