‘We Only Kill Black People,’ Police Officer Says During Traffic Stop
At a news conference Thursday afternoon, Chief Mike Register of the Cobb County
Police Department said the comments were “inexcusable and inappropriate.”
“I’ve known Lieutenant Abbott for a number of years, and I’ve always perceived him to be an honorable man.
The Cobb County Police Department said on Thursday
that it was “moving forward” with the process to “terminate” the employment of the officer, Lt. Greg Abbott.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Sam Heaton, Cobb County’s public safety director, said
that Lieutenant Abbott “did request an immediate retirement and we have approved his request.
The police in Cobb County, which is northwest of Atlanta
and is Georgia’s third most populated county, with about 741,000 people, have come under scrutiny for race relations in the past.