LADOC says this photo should never have been taken It brings about the history of slavery when you think about hunting of African Americans at one time, one criminal justice professor said. Author: Mike McDaniel / Eyewitness News (WWL) Published: 7:22 AM CDT June 3, 2021 Updated: 7:52 AM CDT June 3, 2021
WASHINGTON PARISH, La. Corrections officers from Washington Parish are facing backlash across the world for a photo they took with a man arrested for robbing a Mississippi bank.
Many critics say the photo is in bad taste at best, and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections acknowledged that it was in poor judgment. But none of the officers shown in the photo will be disciplined for it because it didn t break any rules.
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Prentiss, Mississippi – Four law enforcement officers are being accused of racism after they posed with a bank robbery suspect in Mississippi following a massive manhunt. Multiple agencies including the FBI and ATF converged on the small town after Eric Boykin allegedly robbed the Hancock Bank on Tuesday. A day after his capture, WLBT ran a story with the submitted photo.
The photo of of a smiling Boykin along with four officers and three police dogs immediately set twitter on fire, sparking backlash as critics slammed the officers for turning the serious ordeal into a photo-op that resembled hunters posing with an animal trophy.
Mississippi police have sparked outrage after four of their white police officers and dogs posed for a picture with a Black suspect that they had just caught.