Attention

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent our advertisers

Thursday, November 30, 2017

Detective caught on tape detaining teen ‘because you’re white’

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.

More

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

A while cop telling a black or Hispanic kid the same thing would have been fired immediately and destroyed in the media.

Anonymous said...

White people are the most oppressed people in the world.

Anonymous said...

Only in America can you be racist to white people. When are white people going to say enough is ENOUGH!!!

Anonymous said...

Shame on you whiteys for not standing up for your rights!

Anonymous said...

Ditto to all of the above comments