An Arkansas state trooper resigned in shame after his spouse unveiled dozens of disgusting, racist texts he despatched her as proof of their divorce proceedings.
Michael Austin Kennedy, a father of two, left the Arkansas State Police on Might 15, greater than a month after his spouse of 12 years included his surprising, hate-filled texts in her divorce filings.
Within the texts, Kennedy allegedly spews vile insults in opposition to all races and sexes, apart from white males. He makes use of the slurs “n—-r” and “s–c” in nearly each message revealed within the grievance.
Kennedy’s spouse, Alana, filed the grievance looking for sole custody of their two youngsters with visitation rights for his or her father.
She described her worry that Kennedy’s “white supremacist” beliefs would “poison the minds of the kids” and “instill this identical hatred” in them. The youngsters, in the meantime, additionally “presently worry” for Kennedy “as a consequence of his fixed spewing of hate and irrational ideas,” in keeping with the grievance.
Alana additionally accused Kennedy of abusing his place as a state trooper — as demonstrated in selfies he allegedly despatched her of himself posing with detained Hispanic individuals, bragging about his new “trophy.”
In a number of messages, the trooper plainly states his twisted beliefs, starting from the banishment of Muslims from America to repealing the nineteenth Modification, which granted girls the precise to vote.
In others, he texts unprompted, nonsensical rants, usually about wrong-way drivers he assumes are intoxicated unlawful immigrants or tirades in opposition to girls and black individuals.
He often demeaned his spouse for her goodwill, sneering that she didn’t “hate [immigrants] sufficient.”
“You don’t f–king hate them sufficient. The sh-t that clogged up [their son’s] bathroom is price extra to me than any of them,” Kennedy wrote in a single textual content.
When Alana texted him a warning about visitors build-up on a neighborhood freeway, Kennedy claimed {that a} Hispanic man was accountable.
“But when we had a nation and a border, you’ll’ve been on time,” Kennedy wrote.
In one other tense alternate, Alana innocently requested Kennedy if he might deliver their son a drink. As a substitute, Kennedy raged that he couldn’t as a result of “n—-rs have been n—-ring” in Little Rock.
“In N—-rland, you must pull weapons on individuals driving down the highway. It’s what you do all day lengthy, day-after-day. After which children that truly have dads don’t get to see them as a result of they must go cope with it,” Kennedy seethed.
Kennedy reluctantly acknowledged his racist statements in his personal submitting on Might 21. He insisted that the texts have been “outdated” and got here earlier than he sought out remedy and non secular steering at their church.
The latest messages dated again to January 2025, in keeping with the filings.
Alana stipulated that Kennedy’s chance for visitation is contingent upon his completion of a “parenting course with the intention to restrict the hatred and prejudice that he has in direction of individuals.”
Kennedy’s father, Lt. Col. Mike Kennedy, is coincidentally the deputy director of the Arizona State Police.
