America’s awful run of police altercations with the black community continues with new dash cam footage of a police officer in Georgia.
Cobb County Police Lieutenant Greg Abbott has been captured saying some pretty dodgy things after pulling a woman over. He can be heard telling her, “Remember, we only kill black people,” the officer said. “We only kill black people, right?” YIKES.
Abbott has been put on administrative leave after the department was made aware of the video. His attorney argued that his client was “clearly trying to ease a tense situation” and to get the driver to listen to him.
“He was attempting to de-escalate a situation involving an uncooperative passenger,” the attorney said. “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.”
Yeah, we aren’t so sure – watch the video from below.