An Arkansas state trooper resigned in disgrace after his wife unveiled dozens of disgusting, racist texts he sent her as evidence in their divorce proceedings.
Michael Austin Kennedy, a father of two, left the Arkansas State Police on May 15, more than a month after his wife of 12 years included his shocking, hate-filled texts in her divorce filings.
In the texts, Kennedy allegedly spews vile insults against all races and sexes, other than white men. He uses the slurs “n—-r” and “s–c” in almost every message published in the complaint.
Kennedy’s wife, Alana, filed the complaint seeking sole custody of their two children with visitation rights for their father.
She described her fear that Kennedy’s “white supremacist” beliefs would “poison the minds of the children” and “instill this same hatred” in them. The children, meanwhile, also “currently fear” for Kennedy “due to his constant spewing of hate and irrational thoughts,” according to the complaint.
Alana also accused Kennedy of abusing his position as a state trooper — as demonstrated in selfies he allegedly sent her of himself posing with detained Hispanic people, bragging about his new “trophy.”
In several messages, the trooper plainly states his twisted beliefs, ranging from the banishment of Muslims from America to repealing the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote.
In others, he texts unprompted, nonsensical rants, typically about wrong-way drivers he assumes are intoxicated illegal immigrants or tirades against women and black people.
He frequently demeaned his wife for her goodwill, sneering that she didn’t “hate [immigrants] enough.”
“You don’t f–king hate them enough. The sh-t that clogged up [their son’s] toilet is worth more to me than any of them,” Kennedy wrote in one text.
When Alana texted him a warning about traffic build-up on a local highway, Kennedy claimed that a Hispanic man was responsible.
“But if we had a nation and a border, you would’ve been on time,” Kennedy wrote.
In another tense exchange, Alana innocently asked Kennedy if he could bring their son a drink. Instead, Kennedy raged that he couldn’t because “n—-rs were n—-ring” in Little Rock.
“In N—-rland, you have to pull guns on people driving down the road. It’s what you do all day long, every day. And then kids that actually have dads don’t get to see them because they have to go deal with it,” Kennedy seethed.
Kennedy reluctantly acknowledged his racist statements in his own filing on May 21. He insisted that the texts were “outdated” and came before he sought out therapy and spiritual guidance at their church.
The most recent messages dated back to January 2025, according to the filings.
Alana stipulated that Kennedy’s possibility for visitation is contingent upon his completion of a “parenting course in order to limit the hatred and prejudice that he has towards people.”
Kennedy’s father, Lt. Col. Mike Kennedy, is coincidentally the deputy director of the Arizona State Police.