Officer Caught on Nanny Cam Using Racial Slurs: Report

Millburn, NJ - A Millburn police detective responding to a home invasion there in June, 2013 was caught on the home's nanny cam using racial slurs against the suspect, according to a report on NJ.com.

Just moments earlier, the nanny cam had also captured the attacker, an African-American man, beating the woman who lived in the house and throwing her down the basement stairs in front of her 3-year-old daughter.

Millburn Detective Collin McMillan, who is white, can be heard saying racial slurs three times in the video, reports NJ.com. At one point, McMillan allegedly referred to the attacker as a "monkey."

Another Millburn police officer who was there, Andrew DelRusso, said he did not recall hearing McMillan say the slur at the time and said in court Wednesday it was "completely shocking" to hear it captured on the nanny cam.

DelRusso also said McMillan seemed "visibly shaken" after seeing the beaten woman, reports NJ.com.

The home break-in happened June 21, 2013. Shawn Custis, 45, of Newark is accused of breaking into the woman's Millburn home in the middle of the day. He punched, kicked and beat the woman, finally throwing her down the basement stairs, police said. Her 3-year-old daughter sat on a living room couch and watched the entire violent attack, and her 18-month-old son slept upstairs.

Custis then stole jewelry and a cell phone from the home, and fled. The graphic attack was all captured on the home's nanny cam. Custis is now on trial for the attack.