Georgia Sheriff Spokesman Posted Racist COVID Shirts on Facebook
Source: daily beast
Jay Baker incited outrage on Wednesday when he said the 21-year-old who admitted to murdering eight people at Asian massage parlors was having “a really bad day.”
Updated Mar. 18, 2021 12:21AM ET
A Cherokee County, Georgia, Sheriff’s Office spokesperson came under fire Wednesday afternoon for pinning the deadly Tuesday shooting rampage that left eight dead—including six Asian women—on a 21-year-old white man’s “really bad day.”
“Yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did,” Jay Baker said during the joint news conference with the Atlanta Police Department about 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long.
But it seems the same spokesperson shared racist content online, including pointing the finger at China for the ongoing coronavirus pandemic—the same vitriol advocates say has fueled a horrific surge in violence against Asian Americans.
In a Facebook page associated with Capt. Jay Baker of the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office, several photos show the law enforcer was promoting T-shirts with the slogan “COVID-19 imported virus from CHY-NA.” .......................
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..is out in the open and WILL be scrutinized.
When my husband ran for Hospital Commissioner..a totally NON partisan office ( which he won
) I wouldnt even let him drive my car anywhere because my car was plastered with political stickers.
these days nothing is truly private
