Tennessee Police Officer Resigns After Comments About George Floyd

Posted on May 29, 2020

A Greenbrier, Tennessee police officer resigned the day after leaked Facebook posts that included a controversial comment about George Floyd.

Cory Tidwell posted memes that included pictures of Michelle Obama and others accusing minorities of committing crimes.

Tidwell made a comment following a different post about George Floyd that said “If he was begging…HE WAS F****** BREATHING STUPID F****!!!!!!!….same old b******* over and over and over….”

Tidwell says he did not expect his posts to be taken as racist.

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