From the Atlanta Daily World:
A Black cop is speaking out after he was fired after being stopped by a white deputy in Ocilla County, Georgia. In January 2024, Ronald Dixon, a 35-year police veteran, experienced a flat tire while off-duty and attempted to call for help. However, with blue lights flashing, a White deputy stopped him and asked Dixon … Continued
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In the separation document, it claimed that Dixon violated the department’s policy by not obeying a lawful order during a traffic stop, using profane language and that he violated another policy by making a false report that the department was racially profiling people.
The racial profiling is going to be next to impossible to prove, but the police are a government agency and firing him for “profane language” while off duty is a slam dunk first amendment violation.
Racial profiling in practice should be easy to prove by showing the ratio of stops for white vs non-whitr people. Is there a need to prove it was intentional?
If he takes it to court, probably
What’s more important to cops, maintaining racism or protecting the family? Guess we got our answer.
