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17 Mar, 5 tweets, 2 min read
EXCLUSIVE: Georgia Sheriff spokesman posted racist COVID shirts on Facebook trib.al/NmNYdde
Cherokee County, Georgia, Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jay Baker came under fire Wednesday afternoon for pinning Tuesday’s deadly shooting rampage that left eight dead—including six Asian women—on a 21-year-old white man’s “very bad day” trib.al/0Rem0O3
However, it seems that the same spokesperson shared racist content online, including pointing the finger at China for the ongoing coronavirus pandemic trib.al/0Rem0O3
In a Facebook page associated with Baker of the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office, several photos show the law enforcer was promoting T-shirts with the slogan “COVID-19 imported virus from CHY-NA” trib.al/0Rem0O3
Read the exclusive story from @pbmelendez and @WillBredderman: trib.al/0Rem0O3

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