A police detective in Illinois was facing disciplinary action this week after being caught on camera telling a teenager he was being detained because he was white.
The video shows Detective Esteban Gomez making the comment while questioning five teenagers outside a pawn shop in Lake Villa, Ill., regarding a theft investigation, police said.
Gomez has since been disciplined for acting “inappropriately and unprofessionally,” Lake Villa Police Chief Craig Somerville said Tuesday, the Lake County News-Sun reported.
“Detective Gomez admitted his words were poorly chosen and insensitive, and he immediately regretted what he had said,” Somerville said in a statement, the paper reported.
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A while cop telling a black or Hispanic kid the same thing would have been fired immediately and destroyed in the media.
ReplyDeleteWhite people are the most oppressed people in the world.
ReplyDeleteOnly in America can you be racist to white people. When are white people going to say enough is ENOUGH!!!
ReplyDeleteShame on you whiteys for not standing up for your rights!
ReplyDeleteDitto to all of the above comments
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