According to NBC News, the Richmond P*olice Department launched an internal i* nvestigation after 13-year-old Cameron Hillard, a student at Albert Hill Middle School in Richmond, Va., shared a video of a p* olice o* fficer y*elling out of the window of his p*olice cruiser to a group of students.
In the video posted to Facebook, the students are walking to an afterschool activity when the o* fficer, who is reportedly white, pulled up in front of the students.
“Someone said a c*urse word … like ‘F-the p*olice.’” Hillard told the station. “It wasn’t me and my friends but he didn’t know who said it so he asked who said it.”
“Even if we did say that, that’s our choice of words,” someone can be heard saying in the video. Another person says “Yes sir,” which prompts the o*fficer to make a sh*ocking statement.
“Wait till your a* sses turn 18,” y*ells the o* fficer. “Then you’re m*ine!” He then drove off.
In a statement, Richmond P*olice Interim Chief William C. Smith apologized to the students and said that the department launched an internal i* nvestigation into the i* ncident after they were made aware of the video. When law enf*orcement o*fficials concluded the i*nvestigation, they simply assigned him to another part of the city.
“His actions do not reflect the values, training, or policies of the department,” said Smith of the o*fficer whose name was not released. “While these facts don’t minimize the i* ncident, they do give you the totality of the person.”
The first sentence of this story should read: “A Virginia p*olice o*fficer is under f*ire after he was captured on video i*nsinuating that he can’t wait to subject a group of black middle school children to the h* orrors of the c* riminal j*ustice system.”
But that would not be true.
In fact, the Richmond, Va., p*olice o*fficer-turned m* acabre s*oothsayer is most assuredly not under f* ire. The second paragraph of a story like this would usually reveal the o*fficer’s name and explain how the p*olice department d*isciplined the obviously biased o*fficer, but don’t worry, the o*fficer is perfectly fine. He is protected. Absolutely nothing has changed.
According to NBC News, the Richmond P*olice Department launched an internal i* nvestigation after 13-year-old Cameron Hillard, a student at Albert Hill Middle School in Richmond, Va., shared a clip of a p*olice o* fficer y*elling out his cruiser window to a group of students.
In the video posted to Facebook, the students are walking to an afterschool activity when the c*op, whom the Richmond P*olice Department confirmed was white, pulled up in front of the students.
“Someone said a c*urse word ... like ‘F-the p*olice.’” Cameron said.
“It wasn’t me and my friends but he didn’t know who said it so he asked who said it.
“Even if we did say that, that’s our choice of words,” someone apparently smarter than the unnamed c*op says in the video. Another person says “Yes sir,” which prompts the o* fficer to reveal his hopes and dreams to the teens.
“Wait till your a* sses turn 18,” y*ells the o*fficer. “Then you’re m* ine!”
And then, having fulfilled his civic duty of protecting and serving, he drove off.
In a statement, Richmond P*olice Interim Chief William C. Smith apologized to the students and said that the department launched an internal i* nvestigation into the i* ncident after they were made aware of the video. When law enf*orcement o*fficials concluded the i* nvestigation, they p* unished the o* fficer h*arshly by assigning him to another part of the city and ... well, that’s it.
“His actions do not reflect the values, training, or policies of the department,” said Smith of the o* fficer whose name was withheld. “While these facts don’t minimize the i* ncident, they do give you the totality of the person.”
Of course they don’t. There are a lot of things we don’t know about the anonymous a* ss-claimer.
No one knows if he wears b*oxers or b*riefs. The short video also does not indicate whether or not he likes Brussels sprouts. Perhaps he was playing an augmented reality game on his phone, a*ttempting to catch the elusive and rare Negro Pokemon.
However, the footage does show that there’s an o*fficer who works for the Richmond P*olice Department who can barely wait for the day when he can subject black children to his i*ll intent. Of course, it is possible that the p*oliceman was only referring to those specific children, in which case, it totally makes sense to just send him to the other side of town. Richmond is only 48.2 percent black, so I’m sure no other children are in d*anger.
On a positive note, the o*fficer finally answered a question that has gone unanswered for decades.
Now we know: A dream deferred does not dry up like a raisin in the sun. Neither does it f*ester like a s*ore—and then run. However, it does stink like rotten meat ... But only until our children black a* sses turns 18.
Unless, of course, someone like this o*fficer in the Richmond Po*lice Department with a g* un, badge and the full authority of the law just “can’t wait.”