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> Clinton Smasher Trump wrote
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>> So what's the fucking problem? 75% of the people being arrested in
>> Georgia are ignorant niggers. KNOW YOUR ENEMY !

A Georgia police department is under investigation after using an image of
a Black man as a target during a firearms safety class for civilians, and
posting photos of it on social media.

The police department in Villa Rica, about 33 miles west of Atlanta, held
the event on Saturday and posted on its Facebook page photos of
participants aiming their guns at targets that featured a life-sized photo
of a Black man. The man on the targets is pointing a gun and wearing a
beanie.

The photos have since been taken down from the Facebook page but
screenshots have been widely shared and criticized on social media.

The Villa Rica Police Department responded to the backlash in a Facebook
post on Wednesday, stating, �It was never our intention to be insensitive,
inflammatory or offensive to anyone.� The department also said it respects
the �honest opinions of our fellow citizens� and apologized for �any
offense we may have caused.�

Villa Rica�s chief of police, Michael Mansour, said the targets with Black
men are used all over the state for training and that during the class the
department also used other targets depicting individuals who were white
and Asian. The officer who posted the photos, who Mansour declined to
identify, mistakenly posted photos of only the Black targets that were
used.

�It�s just an innocent mistake, but it was a mistake,� Mansour told NBC
News. �And I�m very transparent in saying that we messed up. But at no
time will I accept people telling me I�m a racist, or our department is a
racist because we made a mistake.�

NBC News has reviewed photos of targets with images of white people that
Mansour says were used during the class.

Villa Rica Mayor Gil McDougal told The Telegraph on Wednesday that he was
�personally embarrassed� by the photos and said that the �incident does
not reflect the values of this community.� McDougal has launched an
investigation into the department.

The NAACP of Carroll County, where Villa Rica is located, issued an open
letter to the department�s chief officer on Wednesday, calling the target
�extremely offensive.� The group also requested a meeting with city
leaders to discuss the incident.

�These types of targets have been used by other police departments within
the U.S. and have been deemed racially inappropriate and unacceptable,�
wrote NAACP Carroll County president Dominique Conteh. Mansour said he
plans to meet with Conteh and McDougal next week to discuss the incident.

This is not the first time police departments have faced backlash over
using targets with Black people. A Michigan police department conducted a
legal review last year after photos surfaced showing photos of Black men
being used as targets.

This article was originally published on NBCNews.com

Jesse
4 hours ago

This was not a course for training police officers! This is a handgun
course given by the police department to civilians. It covers weapon
selection, cleaning and maintenance of the gun, and then some hands on
practice on the fundamentals of shooting a gun safely that take place on
the range. I would guess that, if all the pictures of the class were
shown, there were black members in the class also but that does not fit
the narrative. The city of Villa Rica has both black and white officers
and leaders in the department. This complaint originated from a former
resident that saw the pictures on FB and started a complaint movement.

Disclaimer: I am not a resident of Villa Rica nor am I associated with
their PD or anyone on their force or in their government.

https://news.yahoo.com/georgia-police-department-under-investigation-
004422078.html