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A Georgia police chief and a department patrolman have lost their jobs after being recorded engaging in racist talk outside of the Hamilton police station as they prepared for a Black Lives Matter protest.
The recording, posted by Columbus TV station WTVM, captures Hamilton Police Chief Gene Allmond and patrolman John Brooks in conversation last June, documented on video by a body camera worn by Brooks, according to the station. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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Lewd comments by Brooks about whom he d rather have sex with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms or former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, both of whom are Black included a racial slur.
Rayshard Brooks, no relation to John Brooks, that happened in Atlanta just days prior.
Police bodycam footage captures racist and sexist comments being made by Hamilton, Georgia Chief Gene Allmond and Patrolman John Brooks (off camera). (via screenshot)
Atlanta is about 70 miles northeast of Hamilton.
“What they’re saying now is, ‘Well, he didn’t have to shoot him; it’s just a Taser, ” John Brooks said when describing information he heard from a
Fox News commentator. “Then how come when you tase a f ing n er, it’s like you’ve done killed him 27 times?”
As Brooks continued to speak about how the victim pointed a Taser at the officer, Allmond is seen agreeing with him saying, “What would you have done if it would’ve hit the officer? Go over there, get his gun and kill him?”