Deputy Chief Aaron Vigil of the Metropolitan Detention Center will retire on Friday. He has not worked at the jail since August pending the investigation, said the center\u2019s spokeswoman Julia Rivera.<\/p>\n
Vigil, who has worked at the detention center since 2018, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Albuquerque Journal.<\/p>\n
Rivera said that Vigil used the racial slur in a text message referring to Clifton White, a 36-year-old Black man who was heavily involved in the Black Lives Matter movement when he was arrested by local law enforcement.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was brought to our attention that Deputy Chief Aaron Vigil had engaged in communication of a derogatory nature regarding an inmate in our custody,\u201d Rivera said. \u201cWhen we were made aware of the situation, it was swiftly communicated to the appropriate channels for investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Selinda Guerrero, White\u2019s wife, said the language use was not surprising.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are high-ranking officials and they do this all the time,\u201d she said. \u201cThey do this in the prison, they do this in our communities when they engage with us. I\u2019m just really \u2026 glad somebody was brave enough in the structure to be able to come forward (and) to put it out to the public so the entire community can see.\u201d<\/p>\n
A whistleblower reported the incident in August. The whistleblower said that the text thread was between Vigil and two others from the Albuquerque Police Department and the New Mexico Corrections Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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