I'd have thought officers who don't have an issue with the other officers present at the incident who did nothing about it are more of a worry. Without them enabling it such behaviour couldn't exist.That is a police chief who is getting ahead of the issue as he gives an ultimatum to his officers.
It is time to purge all police units of extremist right-wing elements who have embedded themselves in the police.
The black community may not keep taking a knee for long as the death list of black men and women in custody keeps increasing.
All police units need new training in racial sensitivity and humanity.
Tennessee police chief tells officers who 'don't have an issue' with George Floyd arrest to turn in badges
Tennessee police chief tells officers who 'don't have an issue' with George Floyd arrest to turn in badges
BY ARIS FOLLEY - 05/28/20 05:26 PM EDT 791
A police chief in Tennessee said on Wednesday that officers who “don’t have an issue” with the arrest of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died earlier this week after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him to the ground by kneeling on his neck, should turn over their badges.
“There is no need to see more video,” Chattanooga Police Chief David Roddy tweeted on Wednesday. “There no need to wait to see how ‘it plays out.’ There is no need to put a knee on someone’s neck for NINE minutes. There IS a need to DO something.
“If you wear a badge and you don’t have an issue with this...turn it in,” he continued. ...