TN police chief tells officers who 'don't have an issue' with George Floyd arrest to turn in badges

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TheHill.com
Tennessee police chief tells officers who 'don't have an issue' with George Floyd arrest to turn in badges
By Aris Folley - 05/28/20 05:26 PM EDT



A police chief in Tennessee said on Wednesday that officers who “don’t have an issue” with the arrest of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died earlier this week after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him to the ground by kneeling on his neck, should turn over their badges.

“There is no need to see more video,” Chattanooga Police Chief David Roddy tweeted on Wednesday. “There no need to wait to see how ‘it plays out.’ There is no need to put a knee on someone’s neck for NINE minutes. There IS a need to DO something.

“If you wear a badge and you don’t have an issue with this...turn it in,” he continued.

The tweet by Roddy has racked up more than 489,000 likes and over 117,000 retweets in less than a day as news and reactions surrounding the death of Floyd have continued to dominate social media over the past few days.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/500022-tennessee-police-chief-tells-officers-who-dont-have-an-issue-with-george

[Tipperary]

1. Excellent.

Good to hear.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Good For Him

I keep waiting for the good cops to stand up.
A chief standing up like this seems important.

[Permanut]

3. This times a thousand.

[stopdiggin]

45. YES!! (nt)

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

4. K & R for sanity. n/t

[Mike 03]

5. Outstanding.

[Solomon]

6. ...

[Guilded Lilly]

7. Indeed. Bravo.

[C_U_L8R]

8. Words Trump will never dare to say.

Thank you Chief Roddy for reminding us what leadership looks like.

[Scarsdale]

48. Amen to that.

tRump has no idea what "leadership" is, just tweeting and eating junk food. Oh, plus golf on a regular basis, paid for by taxpayers of course.

[Blue_true]

9. My firm belief is that good policing starts at the top of the department.

There is no need for police to put a knee on the neck of a person that is totally under their control.

[mopinko]

10. lucky i aint the chief.

i'd turn around an poke them in both eyes w the pin.
they aint using them anyway.

[Cha]

11. Wow.. Tennessee PC. Good on ya.

[soldierant]

29. I expect Trae Crowder is proud of this.

He loves him home state and doesn't always get to see news this positive aboot it.

[Cha]

31. Oh right.. forgot he was from Tennessee.. TY!

[soldierant]

34. YVW

I used to forget, but a vid he did on inclusivity that wound up with the point that Nashville should certainly be inclusive because no one's more inclusive than Dolly Parton. Now that association helps me remember.

[Cha]

35. Exactly.. TY!

Link to tweet

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13488547#top

[yellowdogintexas]

42. Metro Nashville Davidson County has over 100 different ethnicities so yes it is diverse

Congressional District 6 has only sent Democrats to Congress for the past 100+ years.

I don't know much about the current mayor, but the past mayors I am familiar with would be right there with Chattanooga.

I miss living in a blue county

[JudyM]

12. Really wonderful model. Let's see if others follow

his lead.
In earlier times, this wouldn’t seem so outstanding, it’d be obvious.

[warmfeet]

13. Maybe they all need to turn in their badges

for the time being.

This system is totally fucked up. Turn it over.

[LymphocyteLover]

14. Awesome! More like this please!!!

[BigmanPigman]

15. Now THAT is an appropriate response.

[stillcool]

16. One, out of how many...

has the balls to stand up and speak out. Wonderful to see there is one, and I'm sure there are more, but this stuff is institutional now. It's nation-wide, and it's purposeful.

[Ohio Joe]

33. Correct...

It's great this one has the balls to speak up but... Just one? And the silence from the rest speaks volumes.

[stopdiggin]

46. Lots of LE have spoken up

all over the news. Police chiefs, veteran cops, training instructors. No lack of voices .. or condemnation.

[Karadeniz]

17. That's the right attitude!

[niyad]

18. KNR

[spanone]

19. ⭐️K&R⭐️

[Hekate]

20. KnR

[2naSalit]

21. Leadership. ...nt

[Jeorge IX]

22. Amen

I'm just surprised The Shill reported this, seeing as how the "news" site is nothing more than a Featherweight Facsimile of FOX.

[Brainfodder]

23. Impressed, good start.

What was the badge turn in count?

[paleotn]

24. It's past time they cleaned up their own house.

[bucolic_frolic]

25. Very impressive

He has raised expectations, signaled no nonsense, and challenged them all to do better than that. A very powerful use of organizational psychology. Very smart man.

[Tommymac]

26. He Talks the Talk but

let's see how many walk the walk.

Until these murderers in blue are tried EVERY TIME in a REAL court of law - not a kangaroo parody, words mean little.

[AntiFascist]

27. Good on him, more police chiefs should be doing this! n/t

[gademocrat7]

28. K&R

[BunnyMcGee]

30. kick & rec

[JI7]

32. Good for him

[mountain grammy]

36. This should be said to every cop in America.

And mean it.

[FreddyWhite]

37. True Leadership

What a breath of fresh air.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

38. This is how a good cop reacts.

Good cops don't cover for criminals in uniform.

[Locrian]

39. well thats great and all (seriously)... but

where is the condemnation of the training and the culture that comes FROM THE TOP?

The cop had a list a mile long of stuff he was not disciplined (I would suggest prosecuted for). Why? Not like they didn't know he was a problem. So was it NOT a problem? What about the others? Were they bad apples? Racist? or were they TRAINED to not see anything wrong with misuse of force etc? TRAINED to not actually help a citizen but to "put him down" instead.

Until there is nation wide evaluation of how our cops have become trained to devalue humane life - we're still going to see more of this. It's not just a few bad apples. It's the barrel that is causing the rot.

We need to hear politicians, people, etc not just focusing on the individual - but the system that allows this to happen again and again.


disclaimer- I'm sure there are some great officers - but that's why I see this as a SYSTEMIC issue.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

40. My tRump loving police officer's girlfriend ex-friend should see this.

[47of74]

41. We need to hear things like this not only from leaders

But the rank and file as well and they have to demonstrate that they will not tolerate murders and kluxers in their ranks anymore. Otherwise talk is cheap.

[Kid Berwyn]

43. Chief Roddy gets it.

The LEOs who don’t have no clue and likely never will.

[Jamastiene]

44. I wish more of the good cops would speak up.

I wish the good ones were able to get rid of the racist ones.

[BlueIdaho]

47. What are the blue meanies saying on the back channel?

I’m sure there are plenty of racist cops that are cheering for this murderer. We have a long way to go to weed the racists out of pig force. This isn’t even a beginning.

[w0nderer]

49. K & R N/T