Frank Nucera Jr a police chief in the US state compared African Americans to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), expressed his desire to "mow em' down" in a firing squad, according to a federal lawsuit.
Frank Nucera Jr, the police chief of the Bordentown Township Police Department (BTPD) until earlier this year, has been charged with a federal hate crime and other civil rights offences.
The charges were unsealed on Tuesday.
Nucera retired from the force in January under "mysterious" circumstances, The Trentonian, a local newspaper, reported at the time.
Likening African Americans to ISIS, Nucera reportedly expressed his desire to subject them to a firing squad while speaking to a subordinate officer.
"I wish that n*gger would come back from Trenton and give me a reason to put my hands on him, I'm tired of 'em," he said of an African American believed to have slashed the tires of a police vehicle in November 2015, according to the lawsuit.
"These n*ggers are like ISIS, they have no value. They should line them all up and mow 'em down. I'd like to be on the firing squad, I could do it. I used to think about if I could shoot someone or not, I could do it, I'm tired of it."
Jose Woss, a legislative associate at the Friends Committee on National Legislation, explained that Trump's comments speak to a broad segment of society that believes it is permissible to behave violently to people suspected of crimes.
"It's not to say that all cops are bad, but there are serious systemic problems in society, and that's also the case in policing.
Will killings by police rise in Trump's America?
Although African Americans account for some 12 percent of the population, they make up roughly a quarter of those killed by police officers last year, according to The Counted, a database maintained by The Guardian.
Frank Nucera Jr, the police chief of the Bordentown Township Police Department (BTPD) until earlier this year, has been charged with a federal hate crime and other civil rights offences.
The charges were unsealed on Tuesday.
Nucera retired from the force in January under "mysterious" circumstances, The Trentonian, a local newspaper, reported at the time.
Likening African Americans to ISIS, Nucera reportedly expressed his desire to subject them to a firing squad while speaking to a subordinate officer.
"I wish that n*gger would come back from Trenton and give me a reason to put my hands on him, I'm tired of 'em," he said of an African American believed to have slashed the tires of a police vehicle in November 2015, according to the lawsuit.
"These n*ggers are like ISIS, they have no value. They should line them all up and mow 'em down. I'd like to be on the firing squad, I could do it. I used to think about if I could shoot someone or not, I could do it, I'm tired of it."
Jose Woss, a legislative associate at the Friends Committee on National Legislation, explained that Trump's comments speak to a broad segment of society that believes it is permissible to behave violently to people suspected of crimes.
"It's not to say that all cops are bad, but there are serious systemic problems in society, and that's also the case in policing.
Will killings by police rise in Trump's America?
Although African Americans account for some 12 percent of the population, they make up roughly a quarter of those killed by police officers last year, according to The Counted, a database maintained by The Guardian.
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