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Racist Georgia cop is not an isolated incident

The blatant racism that motivated a Georgia cop to say “we only kill black people” is not an isolated incident. In the last few weeks we’ve seen that same public racism lead State Rep. Jason Spencer to tell a former colleague, former State Rep. LaDawn Jones, that she would not be “met with torch but something a lot more definitive” and she “will go missing in the Okefenokee” if she continues to support the removal

Ethics

White state rep. threatens black former colleague over Confederate statues

State Rep. Jason Spencer told his former colleague LaDawn Jones that people “go missing in the Okefenokee” when they talk about removing statues commemorating the nation’s Confederate history. Threats like this are absolutely unacceptable, particularly in a political climate where people of color are experiencing deadly violence at the hands of white supremacists. After Spencer posted a picture of himself on Facebook posing near a Jefferson Davis memorial, Jones commented that Confederate memorials would ultimately