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‘We only shoot black people,’ Georgia officer tells driver in video
The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer ^ | August 31, 2017 | Scott Berson

Posted on 08/31/2017 10:12:33 PM PDT by Trump20162020

A Cobb County police lieutenant has been moved to administrative duty after dash-cam footage appeared to show the officer telling a driver, “Remember, we only kill black people.”

Lieutenant Greg Abbot pulled over a driver for a DUI check. When he asked her to grab her cellphone, she told him she was nervous about moving her hands, because she had “just seen way too many videos,” reported Channel 2 Action News.

Abbot then responded, “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?”

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To: Trump20162020

He is so screwed.


21 posted on 09/01/2017 2:33:49 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
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To: Trump20162020

stupid thing to say but I understand why he did it...

she was white but convinced the police just shot unarmed people out of hand...

and so he reassured her by saying the police don’t shoot whit people just black...

he was sarcastic...he was tired of all the lies and attacks on the police...

he should be reprimanded but not fired or unduly punished...


22 posted on 09/01/2017 3:28:58 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I said the same thing about a year ago after watching a short video of a black yelling at a policeman. The cop retorted “Sir, if the police wanted you dead, we would simply stop patrolling your neighborhood. One of your neighbors would do the deed for us sooner or later.”


23 posted on 09/01/2017 3:33:10 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Healthcare Insurance is *NOT* a Constitutional right.)
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To: Bullish

Yes, I expect him to be canned but what he really has is a raffish sense of humor. What a shame.


24 posted on 09/01/2017 3:55:57 AM PDT by Bodega (we are developing less and less common sense...world wide)
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To: Trump20162020

He has a sense of humor, which probably helps him be a good officer, so he gets canned......Priceless!


25 posted on 09/01/2017 4:03:07 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: Trump20162020

It was obvious sarcasm - the opposite of what he really thought. Does’t matter. He’s White. He said “Black.” Canned.


26 posted on 09/01/2017 4:36:47 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Bodega

“I expect him to be canned.........”..

It’s in the works as his employer’s attorneys rush to get the proper wording on his “resignation” papers.

Unfortunately, in today’s PC world a sarcastic sense of humor (I have one myself) is something society can no longer laugh at or with. The officer screwed himself.


27 posted on 09/01/2017 4:45:43 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: lee martell

Local tv station uncovered the video in a freedom of information request. Not sure what they’re looking for.


28 posted on 09/01/2017 4:59:24 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: piasa

>Never use humor or sarcasm around liberals... they just don’t get that it’s not literal.

I hate these liberal fascists.


29 posted on 09/01/2017 5:00:39 AM PDT by JohnyBoy (We should forgive communists, but not before they are hanged.)
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To: lee martell

>I figure he was being sarcastic, but that subject is way too loaded to make any public jokes about. To do so while wearing the uniform was poor judgement.

Glad you’re with the liberal fascists. Pick your your SJW arm band and Antifa black hood and jack boots from the table on the right.


30 posted on 09/01/2017 5:03:01 AM PDT by JohnyBoy (We should forgive communists, but not before they are hanged.)
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To: Moorings

> He did his fellow police officers a huge disservice.

How so? How do jokes harm anyone?

It’s the witch hunting liberal fascists that do the harm.


31 posted on 09/01/2017 5:04:11 AM PDT by JohnyBoy (We should forgive communists, but not before they are hanged.)
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To: JohnyBoy

This is akin to making jokes about bombs in an airport. If you’re stupid enough to do it you will suffer the inevitable consequences. And I will have very little sympathy for you.


32 posted on 09/01/2017 5:09:44 AM PDT by LiveFree99
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To: Trump20162020
As would say These are the jokes son. They were funny then and they are funny now.
33 posted on 09/01/2017 5:10:49 AM PDT by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: LiveFree99

>This is akin to making jokes about bombs in an airport.

You don’t make jokes about it an airport because bombs are a real danger. Cops are twice as likely to shoot a white suspect than a black suspect.

>If you’re stupid enough to do it you will suffer the inevitable consequences.

I’m glad you approve of living in a messed up country that destroys people over jokes.

>And I will have very little sympathy for you.

I detest people who grow like licking the boot that’s kicking them.


34 posted on 09/01/2017 5:13:32 AM PDT by JohnyBoy (We should forgive communists, but not before they are hanged.)
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To: JohnyBoy

Amen.


35 posted on 09/01/2017 5:16:41 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: JohnyBoy

Go ahead, genius, make jokes in public about shooting black people. I’m sure it will make you very popular. Better yet, why don’t you make a funny monologue and post it online?


36 posted on 09/01/2017 5:20:35 AM PDT by LiveFree99
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To: Bullish

I think you’re right. When I heard the story, the two radio talk show hosts were crucifying him.

My take was that the woman was nervous and the police officer was trying to de-escalate the situation and get the driver to relax a little. Unfortunately, he used some gallows humor which was pounced on by the SJW types.

That kind of banter is probably part of the natural joshing and interplay among officers who take risks when they go on patrol.

But to the humorless left, it’s just a reason to attack.


37 posted on 09/01/2017 5:38:40 AM PDT by Crolis ("To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it." -GKC)
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To: Trump20162020

Injudicious use of sarcasm, Lt. Abbott.


38 posted on 09/01/2017 5:41:44 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck ( Socialism consumes EVERYTHING!)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

He was being sarcastic ace.

But it was still stupid cause he’s out of a job


39 posted on 09/01/2017 5:59:52 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Trump20162020

He was being sarcastic


40 posted on 09/01/2017 6:03:38 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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