Police officer’s post about encounter with black teen goes viral

This year has seen far too many stories of police officers shooting young black men. Regardless of whether the cop was in the right or wrong, the situation has created a more hostile national environment, and some law enforcement agents are tired of it.

Officer Tim McMillan, who identifies himself as a police officer in Georgia, wrote in a Facebook post on October 1st that he had an encounter with a young black man that infuriated him.

“I pulled a car over last night for texting and driving. When I went to talk to the driver, I found a young black male, who was looking at me like he was absolutely terrified with his hands up. He said, ‘What do you want me to do officer?’ His voice was quivering. He was genuinely scared. I just looked at him for a moment, because what I was seeing made me sad. I said, “I just don’t want you to get hurt,” McMillan said in the post.

The teen was still shaken up and asked what he wanted the police officer to do, to which McMillan replied, “Just please pay attention, and put the phone down.”

“I truly don’t even care who’s fault it is that young man was so scared to have a police officer at his window,” he continued in the post. “Blame the media, blame bad cops, blame protestors, or Colin Kaepernick if you want. It doesn’t matter to me who’s to blame. I just wish somebody would fix it.”