A US police officer has been filmed on his own dashcam telling a white driver not to worry because ‘we only kill black people’.
The footage shows officer Greg Abbott pulling over a woman in Georgia.
She tells him she is frightened to move her hands because she has ‘seen too many videos’ featuring police brutality.
The officer responds: ‘But you’re not black. Remember we only kill black people.’
The footage, recorded last July, was discovered after Channel 2 Action News submitted an open records request, prompting the police to investigate.
Mr Abbott is now under investigation and has been assigned to administrative duties.
The officer’s lawyer said his client was attempting to deescalate the situation in making the remark, according to Channel 2 Action News.
Source: We only kill black people: US police officer
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