A white Georgia cop was fired and his friend and colleague abruptly resigned after racist and sexiest Facebook messages were discovered.

The two officers, Brant Gaither and Jeremy Owens, — both former McIntosh County sheriff’s deputies — served on the department’s special traffic unit which patrols I-95 in South Georgia. Gaither and Owens sent offensive jokes back and forth through the Facebook’s messenger.

Owens wrote in a message to Gaither, “It’s supposed to rain tomorrow. Might not get too many niggs.”
To which Gaither replied, “I hope we get a few but (expletive) if we don’t.”

Another message showed a picture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and maligned his most famous speech.
“I have a dream. That one day my people will not act like animals,” Gaither wrote. To which Owens replied, “Lol. That’ll never happen.”

And these are just some of the “jokes” these officers exchanged. According to an internal investigation, in response to the discovery of the exchange between the two officers Gaither stated, “It was just a joke, we all do it.”

Sarah Geraghty, the center’s managing attorney for impact litigation, said the non-profit law firm is preparing a formal request for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate. “This case goes deeper than two officers caught using racist language on their personal social media pages,” Geraghty said. “The messages reference an explicit intent by these law enforcement officials to ‘get’ black motorists. Our investigation to date suggests that this may be the tip of the iceberg.”

Unfortunately this is not surprising to members of the black community. We often express our frustration about the fact that racism does exist in law enforcement but it always seems to be dismissed. The saddest part of this story is not only the fact blacks were targeted but also Owens, the cop that resigned, is still working in law enforcement.