Black Cincinnati Cop: White Officers Are 'Looking for a Reason to Kill a Black Man'

By Alexandra Genova, Daily Mail

22 July 16

black Cincinnati police officer posted a public Facebook message which said that 'white officers were looking for a reason to kill black men'.

Officer Freddie Vincent also gave advice to his African American friends in the post, telling them that if they are encountered by a white officer, they should 'comply to all of their commands' and 'never resist'.

He added: 'I'm so tired of cops using these famous words 'I was in fear of my life.' I'm praying for Louisiana that could have been my nephew in B.R.'

Cincinnati Police chief Eliot Isaac said in a statement Thursday that the post is being reviewed under the department's 'social media procedure and our rules and regulations', according to Cincinnati.com.

Vincent has sent a stream of Facebook posts over the last fortnight, reflecting on the recent police shootings of black men, many of which suggest that there is systematic racism within all US police departments.

One post sent July 7 includes a photograph of Ku Klux Klan members with a burning cross, along with the words 'the KKK has infiltrated U.S. police departments for decades' along with a link to a site called Alternet. He wrote above it: 'Knowledge !!!!!'

But at a panel discussion on police-community relations sponsored by the Enquirer held last Thursday, Isaac told an audience member 'I don't think anyone can say there is not racism inside the department', when asked if the issue still exists.

A string of shootings of black men by white officers has brought police - community relations to the center stage, as well as raising questions over the systematic racism that many believe to be infecting police forces across America.

Alton Sterling - who was a father-of-five - was killed by a white officer outside a Baton Rouge convenience store where he was selling CDs on July 5.

The following day Philando Castile was shot and killed in St Paul, Minnesota by a white officer after telling the officer he had a legal conceal carry license and had a weapon in his car.

Meanwhile, just two days ago, Florida man Charles Kinsey, a caretaker who was trying to calm a patient with autism, was shot in the leg despite telling police that he had his hands in the air.

The shooting in Florida illustrates the longstanding fear among black men that almost any encounter with police can go awry with potentially deadly results, even when a person follows every law enforcement command.

Following the series of shootings, there have been daily Black Lives Matter protests across the country, as well as several rallies held across the globe, including the United Kingdom.

Vincent, who identifies himself as a Freemason (a fraternal organisation that dates back to the 14th Century) according to his Facebook, has been the subject of multiple disciplinary actions, according to the Enquirer.

He was fired from the department in 1999 after pleading no contest to speeding on his motorcycle and failing to have an operator's license but was reinstated the following year.

Vincent has also been the subject of multiple disciplinary actions including failure of good behavior, neglect of duty for six negligent auto accidents in a cruiser and dishonesty.

Meanwhile in 2007, he was lauded as a hero by the former Cincinnati police chief for pushing another officer behind cover when a man pulled a gun on them both outside a nightclub.