Officer who told driver we only kill black people will be fired

[laserhaas]

Source: The HILL

The Georgia police officer who was captured on video comforting a woman he pulled over by telling her we only kill black people will be fired, according to the department's police chief.

Cobb County Police Chief Mike Register said Thursday, Theres really no place for these types of comments in law enforcement," adding that the officer in question, Lt. Greg Abbott, would be terminated, according to the New York Post.

The footage, which was originally shot last year at a traffic stop, was leaked earlier this week and received widespread backlash.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/348843-police-officer-who-told-driver-we-only-kill-black-people-will-be-fired

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Link to video of incident


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UPDATE

CNN: Officer FIRED


https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/09/05/health/nurse-arrested-police-protocol/index.html

[heaven05]

1. only fired because

he got caught saying those words, now if he had shot and killed a black man, woman or child he's still be on his way to his pension. Period.

[Cirque du So-What]

2. It's like the first rule of Fight Club

His sin was talking about it.

[Hortensis]

19. His "sin" seems to have been trying to joke a woman into relaxing, stepping down the situation.

This may be very unfortunate. We may have lost a good cop. At least this one was willing to admit our nation has a problem.

[Flaleftist]

25. Exactly. He was trying to de-escalate.

That's the opposite of what a lot of cops would have done. Some people here are pretty quick to group him with the cops that really do abuse their power.

[aquamarina]

29. How is joking about killing anyone funny in any way?

[Flaleftist]

34. I didn't say it is funny. He thought he could reach her with it.

It was a comment meant for her to try to get her to calm down. That was his intent. Police need better training at de-escalating situations but it looks like that is all he was trying to do. If he had better training he might have used a different technique. But he didn't immediately go for his taser when she wouldn't comply, which is what a worse cop would have done. It wasn't a Facebook or Twitter post, which is what people appear to be treating it like. I guess just see the situation a little differently than others.

[aquamarina]

39. Yeah, still no.

How would suggesting he only kills people of another color calm a person down? What if this person was married to an African American person? What if this person had a mixed race child that looked like an African American person? How is this appropriate in ANY situation?

[aquamarina]

28. By saying they only kill black people?

How is that joking or funny in any way?

[pdxflyboy]

3. Most Likely

This POS will be hired by another PD, with full credit for the time he was at Cobb County.

[jpak]

4. Beat me to it

true

[PJMcK]

27. Really?

Is that how that works?

Our national corruption is despicable.

[JonLP24]

33. Yes

John Oliver did a story on the police and many cops with records of this sort of conduct simply moved on to other police departments. Police are also encouraged to delete their records as well.

[Calista241]

41. He'll probably just retire. He had 30 years on the force.

He'll sit back and collect his nice, big, fat pension.

[Old Vet]

42. 30 Fucking years of putting up with assholes and saving lifes............

He utters one stupid sentence, OK. Take your pension friend, you made it through 30 years of thankless helping your fellow man. Grab a beer on me, have a cigar.....Fuck-it IMO

[msongs]

5. one caught, how many thousands in the brotherhood agree with him nt

[heaven05]

8. +ad infinitum

[wryter2000]

6. While this is a good thing

I don't understand how making racist comments is a firing offense and killing innocent people isn't.

[laserhaas]

12. We're in a world where

Justice is an upside down paradigm

[forgotmylogin]

13. Right, or how his words were supposed to be "comforting"...

"Don't worry, Ma'am, I'm a racist, I only kill people discriminately..."

[Rural_Progressive]

14. It wasn't racist

He allowed his frustration to get control of his mouth. He was dealing with a woman who was petrified that if she made one wrong move he might shoot her. An understandable reaction on her part. He just wanted her to do what he needed her to do so he could finish the traffic stop and get on with his business. In frustration he sarcastically said something incredibly stupid.

Like you said wryter2000, we've got cops out there shooting people, most of whom it appears are people of color, they get exonerated and left on the force. This guy says something boneheaded and stupid and gets fired.

You tell me how this makes sense.

[aquamarina]

30. How do you know this to be true, are you a mind reader?

[samnsara]

7. bout time. now fire the creaton who assaulted the nurse!

....so she can sue his ass off.

[heaven05]

9. ++ad infinitum

in fact go back to all who unfairly and racistly killed, while unarmed, not fleeing men, women and CHILDREN or fleeing and while standing up against fascist storm trooper tactics, and fire them...I know, never happen. This waster of oxygen will have a job 2morrow....

[Paladin]

10. Quite frankly, I'm surprised.

Now let's see if that Salt Lake City goon cop who assaulted and arrested that hospital nurse gets the same treatment.

[greatbaldeagle]

11. Actually they approved his retirement request

I am a nubian man and I live in the area unfortunately.

“He is entitled to his full retirement benefits and would have been even if terminated,” Heaton wrote in an email.

Link:http://www.ajc.com/news/local-govt--politics/cobb-approves-retirement-for-cop-who-said-only-kill-black-people/aKicL9dLUbqS60gDPzEduO/

[laserhaas]

15. Buttholes like this, get a free ride

And good officers like Cariole Horne

Get the shaft

[Sunlei]

16. because he was caught he gets his fabulous early retirement benefits. how many police aren't caught.

[laserhaas]

17. Pathetic the status quo is the Blue Wall of Silence

And fruk the citizenry Civil Rights

[Sunlei]

18. it is pathetic OUR local police are no longer dependable to do the right thing, the moral thing-

the majorityof their work- time.

[Old Vet]

43. The man had 30 Fucking years of dealing with nitwits and saving lifes..Early, Think not bud

[Kennah]

20. Fired for saying it, not for doing it. (n/t)

[Kennah]

21. Had he not been eligible to retire, one wonders if he would still have been fired. (n/t)

[laserhaas]

22. Update...the Officer has been fired

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/09/05/health/nurse-arrested-police-protocol/index.html

[greatbaldeagle]

24. That's a different cop. We are talking about the Georgia cop

You posted a link to the Utah cop involved in the nurse situation. And keep in mind the Utah cop was only fired from his part-time paramedic job. He's still employed as a detective with the Salt Lake City police department and will still be employed after they complete their "investigation".

[onetexan]

23. Let me get this straight: "comments were clearly aimed at attempting to gain compliance..."

"...by using the passenger's own statements and reasoning to avoid making an arrest"

Trying to gain compliance and avoid making an arrest by saying we only kill black people. Seriously?

[Flaleftist]

26. The outrage against this cop is silly.

He was trying to calm her down. It is a touchy subject to joke about, but he wasn't being abusive toward her and I haven't seen any reports of a history of misconduct from this officer.

[aquamarina]

31. I'm sorry but saying they only kill people of a race other

than your race is no way to calm anyone down. When you are carrying a gun and in a position of power it is never funny to joke about killing anyone.

[onetexan]

32. the fact you're not outraged is crazy

have you watched this video? The guy should not be in law enforcement with those racist remarks. I'm glad he's fired.

[Flaleftist]

35. Maybe he should have just used his taser.

Then it wouldn't be a big story and he would still be on patrol.

[JonLP24]

36. Those are the only 2 options?

Use a taser or make a racist "joke"?

[Flaleftist]

37. Not at all.

He could use force or he could try to de-escalate. The latter is the better option. He chose that option. He could have done a better job, used different words. But without other evidence of him being an abusive cop, I see poor judgement and not necessarily one of the bad apples that beats, shoots, and frames people. Some kind of disciplinary action may be appropriate, but termination for this incident alone, IMO, is a little severe. I see I'm in the minority opinion here and I don't particularly care for defending cops. I'm usually on the other side in these threads. Maybe I need to think about this one some more. I'll just say cops need much better training.

[JonLP24]

38. Cops often delete their own records after a certain period of time

They were encouraged to do so in an internal video by the Mesa police chief I posted in a John Oliver video up-thread which isn't to say he had something on his record then deleted it. I'm just saying a lack of records could be explained that way. Considering she was frightened force would have been completely unnecessary so I don't see force as an option at all.

If it was me a cop saying that would have frightened me even more but I think he was probably actually telling the truth rather than joking because he was referencing the videos saying that they're all black.