“No matter what context it was said, it shouldn’t have been said,” Chief Mike Register of the Cobb County Police Department told the television station in an interview. The traffic stop took place on July 10, 2016, at about 3 a.m. on Interstate 75 near Marietta, the county seat. The male driver was pulled over on suspicion of driving under the influence, his lawyer, Surinder Chadha Jimenez, said in a telephone interview on Thursday. View all New York Times newsletters. He added that he did not think the officer had “meant malice” and that he had “made a bad joke.”“The Cobb County police are addressing it appropriately,” Mr. Chadha Jimenez said.

Source: New York Times August 31, 2017 17:57 UTC