Public Outraged As White Police Officers Pose For Picture With Captured Black Suspect
Mississippi police have sparked outrage after four of their white police officers andĀ dogs posed for a picture with a Black suspect that they had just caught.
The Prentiss Police Department cops took the picture after they arrested Eric Boykin for a bank robbery. He can be seen smiling in the image.
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Social media quickly rook offense to the post, as pointed our by the Independent.
āSo either 1) none of the people involved, from the officers to the news station to the staffer who posted this, realized what a bad look this is or 2) they do know how it looks, and thatās why they posted it. Those are the only two possibilities! and they are both very very bad,ā tweeted Josie Duffy Rice.
Many compared the photo to that of someone posing with their trophy.
āThis isnāt evidence, itās not proof of anyoneās injuries (or lack thereof). Itās a trophy,ā tweeted @ariel_gordon.
āI am sitting here in utter disbelief. NO WORDS.ā
Suspected white supremacists cops pose for "questionable" picture with Black man.https://t.co/xZLKdhFrxg
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