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TN police chief tells officers who 'don't have an issue' with George Floyd arrest to turn in badges [View all]

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Tennessee police chief tells officers who 'don't have an issue' with George Floyd arrest to turn in badges
By Aris Folley - 05/28/20 05:26 PM EDT

A police chief in Tennessee said on Wednesday that officers who “don’t have an issue” with the arrest of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died earlier this week after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him to the ground by kneeling on his neck, should turn over their badges.

“There is no need to see more video,” Chattanooga Police Chief David Roddy tweeted on Wednesday. “There no need to wait to see how ‘it plays out.’ There is no need to put a knee on someone’s neck for NINE minutes. There IS a need to DO something.

“If you wear a badge and you don’t have an issue with this...turn it in,” he continued.

The tweet by Roddy has racked up more than 489,000 likes and over 117,000 retweets in less than a day as news and reactions surrounding the death of Floyd have continued to dominate social media over the past few days.

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TN police chief tells officers who 'don't have an issue' with George Floyd arrest to turn in badges [View all] babylonsister May 2020 OP

Excellent. Tipperary May 2020 #1

Good For Him ProfessorGAC May 2020 #2

This times a thousand. Permanut May 2020 #3

YES!! (nt) stopdiggin May 2020 #45

K & R for sanity. n/t IllinoisBirdWatcher May 2020 #4

Outstanding. Mike 03 May 2020 #5

... Solomon May 2020 #6

Indeed. Bravo. Guilded Lilly May 2020 #7

Words Trump will never dare to say. C_U_L8R May 2020 #8

Amen to that. Scarsdale May 2020 #48

My firm belief is that good policing starts at the top of the department. Blue_true May 2020 #9

lucky i aint the chief. mopinko May 2020 #10

Wow.. Tennessee PC. Good on ya. Cha May 2020 #11

I expect Trae Crowder is proud of this. soldierant May 2020 #29

Oh right.. forgot he was from Tennessee.. TY! Cha May 2020 #31

YVW soldierant May 2020 #34

Exactly.. TY! Cha May 2020 #35

Metro Nashville Davidson County has over 100 different ethnicities so yes it is diverse yellowdogintexas May 2020 #42

Really wonderful model. Let's see if others follow JudyM May 2020 #12

Maybe they all need to turn in their badges warmfeet May 2020 #13

Awesome! More like this please!!! LymphocyteLover May 2020 #14

Now THAT is an appropriate response. BigmanPigman May 2020 #15

One, out of how many... stillcool May 2020 #16

Correct... Ohio Joe May 2020 #33

Lots of LE have spoken up stopdiggin May 2020 #46

That's the right attitude! Karadeniz May 2020 #17

KNR niyad May 2020 #18

⭐️K&R⭐️ spanone May 2020 #19

KnR Hekate May 2020 #20

Leadership. ...nt 2naSalit May 2020 #21

Amen Jeorge IX May 2020 #22

Impressed, good start. Brainfodder May 2020 #23

It's past time they cleaned up their own house. paleotn May 2020 #24

Very impressive bucolic_frolic May 2020 #25

He Talks the Talk but Tommymac May 2020 #26

Good on him, more police chiefs should be doing this! n/t AntiFascist May 2020 #27

K&R gademocrat7 May 2020 #28

kick & rec BunnyMcGee May 2020 #30

Good for him JI7 May 2020 #32

This should be said to every cop in America. mountain grammy May 2020 #36

True Leadership FreddyWhite May 2020 #37

This is how a good cop reacts. Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #38

well thats great and all (seriously)... but Locrian May 2020 #39

My tRump loving police officer's girlfriend ex-friend should see this. BlancheSplanchnik May 2020 #40

We need to hear things like this not only from leaders 47of74 May 2020 #41

Chief Roddy gets it. Kid Berwyn May 2020 #43

I wish more of the good cops would speak up. Jamastiene May 2020 #44

What are the blue meanies saying on the back channel? BlueIdaho May 2020 #47

K & R N/T w0nderer May 2020 #49