Georgia Police Chief Asked To Resign After Flagrantly Racist Conversation With Cop Caught On Body Cam
City officials had trouble watching the footage, in which the officer says n r and trivializes Black lives.
February 02, 2021 at 3:56 pm
Two members of a Georgia police department have had their positions vacated after they were recorded on body cam having a racist and demeaning conversation about Black people, slavery and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams.
In June, Hamilton police chief Gene Allmond and officer John Brooks were speaking before a Black Lives Matter protest while the body cameras they thought were inactive, documented their racist banter, local ABC-affiliate WTVM9 reported. Following the video’s exposure, Allmond resigned and Brooks was terminated on Wednesday.
Hamilton police chief, patrolman asked to resign after body cam footage of Black Lives Matter protest surfaces
Hamilton police chief, patrolman asked to resign after body cam footage of Black Lives Matter protes By Alex Jones | January 29, 2021 at 1:39 PM EST - Updated February 1 at 9:09 AM
HAMILTON, Ga. (WTVM) - The Hamilton Chief of Police and one patrolman have been asked to resign or face termination after body cam footage of them at a Black Lives Matter protest last year surfaced earlier this week.
According to the Assistant to Hamilton Mayor Julie Brown, Chief Gene Allmond and Patrolman John Brooks have both been removed from their positions with the Hamilton Police Department. Chief Allmond reportedly resigned, while Patrolman Brooks was terminated.