It's never OK for cops to joke about killing blacks...It's just not funny

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LiLSpeedy — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 18:59:12 GMT

Update: The new commander didn't think Abbot was funny. He fired his azz. Cobb county PD is very professional. Rogue tactics are not allowed like it is in some good old boy police departments.

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txwinr — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 14:20:02 GMT

Sounds like sarcasm, but without being on the ground there and seeing it myself, who can say. I don't believe the police are racists in general. I think dealing every day with criminals, especially in minority concentrated areas, can jade one, somewhat, but the cops see the worst of their community every day, and they have a wry sense of humor normally, so ppl to jump on this as proof of racism is just stupid.

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Lucky Loser — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 04:42:19 GMT

This sort of thing is actually coming back to bite lots of undercover racist officers and white supremacist officers under the guise of the typical country club member with really nice double-stitch boots on.

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LiLSpeedy — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 23:51:02 GMT

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.

Original Blog Entry: It's never OK for cops to joke about killing blacks...It's just not funny

LiLSpeedy — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 23:24:00 GMT

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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