Alabama sheriff’s mugshot Christmas tree stirs debate over the word ‘thug’
Updated Dec 10, 2020;
Posted Dec 10, 2020
Mugshots of arrested suspects in Mobile County don a Christmas tree in this picture that has been posted on the Sheriff s Department s Team Sheriff Facebook page. The post has stirred divisive reaction, some of it directed at law enforcement. (snapshot from Facebook)
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The posting has since been taken down, and Sheriff Sam Cochran has said he was unaware about the racial sensitivity of the word, “thug.” He said that many of the inmates photoshopped to the tree were white, and that his administration had no idea what they were doing would trigger widespread rebuke.
to see that even further advanced under my tenure with the federal government in working with state government. back in mobile, i work with sheriff tom pervis and sam, sheriff sam cochran and he i remember sam as a lieutenant narcotics officer, next thing you know he s sheriff. i think he s like you, he didn t have judd doesn t have opponents when he runs for re-election. but good sheriffs are important to our communities. you all know that. together we are you ve been listening to the attorney general of the united states, jeff sessions. powerful words from the attorney general on the shooting that happened here right behind me at this high school in parkland, florida. powerful words, but a reasonable question, how much more beyond the words will there be.