A white Alabama police officer was caught on a
secret recording discussing ways to kill a black man and cover it up, it
was revealed Tuesday.
The 2013 incident was quietly settled out of
court and ended with the officer keeping his job, according to legal
documents and interviews with lawyers and officials involved in the
case.
The recording, first reported by the Guardian
and obtained by NBC News, captures Alexander City Officer Troy
Middlebrooks during a May 2013 visit to a home where the suspect,
Vincent Bias, was visiting relatives.
At one point, the officer pulls Bias'
brother-in-law — who is white — aside and tells him he doesn't trust
Bias. Middlebrooks had arrested Bias on drug charges weeks earlier, and
seemed to be frustrated that he had made bail.
Middlebrooks tells Bias' brother-in-law, that if
he were the suspect's relative, he would "f---ing kill that
motherf------" and then arrange the crime scene to "make it look like he
was trying to f---ing kill me."
Full article available here: Cop Accused of Threat
Source: NBC News
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