Georgia community stands up against local cop they say has terrorized their town [View all]

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A small Georgia town is standing up against a police officer who they say has terrorized the community for the past 10 years.

Dozens of people recently attended a town meeting at Saint Mary’s A.M.E. Church in Thomaston to complain about the alleged rogue cop, Phillip Tobin, WXIA-TV reported.

“He’s a public servant, he’s a public menace,” one woman told a panel that included state Sen. Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta) and civil rights attorneys Albert Mitchell and Mawuli Mel Davis.

The angry locals claimed Tobin is known to lose his temper during routine encounters with the public and has repeatedly used excessive force to make unnecessary arrests.

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