POLICE OFFICER – MUSIC VIDEO
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ A white Missouri police officer has been placed on unpaid leave after he appeared in a racially charged music video. St. Joseph patrolman Zackary Craft is seen in the clip wearing his uniform and carrying a sign reading “cops lives matter.” The video also shows him reaching for his gun in the video for “Before This Bomb Blows Up (Racism Goes Both Ways).” It’s done by a white rapper who performs as J. Smitty _ and who spits on or breaks images of prominent African-Americans. An attorney for the officer says Craft let himself be filmed without knowing what the project is about _ and was “appalled” when he saw the video.
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Alwin Marshall-Squire is the Editor-in-Chief of S-Q Publications Inc., overseeing editorial strategy for GTA Weekly, GTA Today, and Vision Newspaper. He leads the publications’ mission to deliver bold, original journalism focused on the people and communities of the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, and the global Caribbean diaspora.
Also writes for GTA Weekly and GTA Today.
