The officer was arrested and
placed on administrative leave after the incident during which he called a
woman a “low life piece of [expletive] n**ger.”
By: Lynette Holloway
A police officer in Clayton
County, Ga., has been arrested and placed on administrative leave after a road
rage incident on June 29, during which he tailgated and hurled racial epithets
at a woman, according to WSB-TV 2.
During the incident that
recently came to light, officer Thomas Sheats allegedly tailgated Michele
Griffith, 27, in her car before following her into a parking lot, where he
called her a "low life piece of [expletive] n*gger," and then spit on
her, the report says.
He was charged with simple
battery, simple assault and disorderly conduct after after the incident during
which he drove “for miles, blowing his horn, swerving from side to side, and
bumping her vehicle from behind with his truck,” the report says.
