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It's never OK for cops to joke about killing blacks...It's just not funny
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Georgia police officer at DUI stop: 'We only kill black people' 18 hours ago FOX News — Benjamin Brown
A lieutenant from a police department in Georgia is under investigation after a dash-cam video obtained by Channel 2 Action News appears to show the officer telling a driver during a DUI stop, “Remember, we only kill black people.”
Lt. Greg Abbott of the Cobb County Police Department reportedly asked the driver to grab her cell phone, but she replied she’s afraid to move her hands because she has “just seen way too many videos of cops…”
Abbot responds, “But, you’re not black. Remember, we only shoot black people. We only kill black people, right? All the videos you’ve seen, have you seen the black people get killed?”
The incident occurred in July 2016, and it was brought to light on Wednesday after Channel 2 Action News' open-records request on Friday.
Police Chief Mike Register said Abbot has been placed on administrative duties until the investigation is complete.
Lance LoRusso, Abbott's attorney, told the station in a statement that the 28-year veteran is cooperating with the investigation, and that “his comments must be observed in their totality to understand their context.”
“He was attempting to de-escalate a situation involving an uncooperative passenger. In context, his comments were clearly aimed at attempting to gain compliance by using the passenger's own statements and reasoning to avoid making an arrest,” said LoRusso.
Suri Chadha Jimenez, a representative of the driver, said she believes the officer’s response was sarcastic because the woman, “gave him some lip,” but nonetheless said, “it makes you cringe when you hear it. It’s unacceptable.”
Register, who was not police chief during the time of the occurence, told Channel 2 that Abbott was a good officer and never had any racial complaints. He added “no matter what context it was said, it shouldn’t have been said,” and that it is being dealt with “head-on.”
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No doubt Abbot thought he had gotten away with this, but the Bible says your sins will find you out, and what's done in the dark will be brought to the light. Rumors have it that he's resigning. Another rogue cop off the streets. This type of vermin should be banished from the state of Georgia. What a price to pay for being insensitive and stupid.
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