Georgia sheriffs supporting Brian Kemp spoke out harshly against Stacey Abrams in interviews with Fox News Digital for suggesting some of them were racists.
Fox News correspondent Jonathan Serrie reports on the final debate between Stacey Abrams and Gov. Brian Kemp, R-Ga. Fox News senior political analyst Juan Williams and CPAC senior fellow Mercedes Schlapp react.suggesting they're"good ole boys" who target African Americans and think the media's demonization of law enforcement played a role in her comments.
"I don't care as a sheriff what color your skin is. We take an oath to serve and protect the people and enforce the laws of the state of Georgia," she said."And that's what we do every day. It was an insult to the Georgia sheriffs that are supporting him and all law enforcement… I've been in this business 36 years, and I have never done anything to tarnish my badge, and my fellow sheriffs are good people that are supporting him.
Mangum said the media environment had effectively"demoralized the law enforcement profession." Calling herself humbled and honored to be in her 10th year serving as sheriff, she said she'd never seen such negativity in the press since starting her career 36 years ago as a dispatcher. From left, Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith, Stacey Abrams, and Jackson County Sheriff Janis Mangum.
"Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs and other Georgia law enforcement officers do not seek to detain or arrest individuals based upon race," it told Fox News Digital in a statement."We do seek to identify and make cases against violators of the traffic and criminal laws of our state in an effort to protect all Georgians and others. To state or imply otherwise is grossly inaccurate, divisive and dangerously misleading to the public.
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