HOUSTON — A Houston Police Officer has been fired and her cases are being reviewed after she was connected with an Instagram profile that posted several videos of racist rants, ABC 13 reported.
Ashley Gonzalez was terminated on April 25 after department officials identified her as the speaker in videos depicting slur-ridden rants on social media. The department stated the videos were at first shared through Instagram’s “close friends” feature, which limited their reach, but were later circulated more widely.
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“The behavior exhibited by Ashley Gonzalez was abhorrent, disgusting and entirely unacceptable,” Chief J. Noe Diaz, Jr. stated. “It is deeply disturbing and has no place in law enforcement or in our community.”
One video included offensive comments and racial slurs, while another depicted Gonzalez stating that she used her role as an officer to target Black people. Gonzalez was first employed by HPD in January 2024 and was assigned to the South Gessner Patrol Division, ABC 13 reported.
“Let me get a Black person on a 911 call tomorrow,” she can be heard saying in one video. “You’re going to jail.”
The Harris County District Attorney’s office is now reviewing all criminal cases in which Gonzalez was involved.
“We take seriously our ethical obligation to notify defense attorneys regarding [Gonzalez’s] discipline affecting open cases,” the office stated.
