The Grio Police officer's emotional response to Alton Sterling shooting goes viral

In the wake of the deadly shooting of an unarmed black man in Louisiana, one Cleveland police officer's emotional and passionate reaction is going viral.

On Wednesday afternoon, Nakia Jones took to Facebook Live to post her thoughts on the death of Alton Sterling.

“It bothers me when I hear people say, ‘Y’all police officers this, y’all police officers that. They put us in this negative category when I’m saying to myself, ‘I’m not that type of police officer.’ I know officers that are like me that would give their life for other people.

So I’m looking at it, and it tore me up because I got to see what you all see. If I wasn’t a police officer and I wasn’t on the inside, I would be saying, ‘Look at this racist stuff. Look at this.’ And it hurt me,” she said in the video.

By Thursday morning, the video had been viewed more than two million times on Facebook. Jones addressed the challenges of being a mother of African-American boys while knowing that black people are often seen as a threat.

In the video, Jones called out any police officers with racial biases.

“How dare you stand next to me in the same uniform and murder somebody! How dare you! You ought to be ashamed of yourself! So, why don’t we just keep it real? If you’re that officer that knows good and well you’ve got a God complex, you’re afraid of people that don’t look like you, you have no business in that uniform! Take it off!"

"If you’re afraid to go and talk to an African American female or a male, or a Mexican male or female because they’re not white like you, take the uniform off! You have no business being a police officer, because there’s many of us that would give our life for anybody!

We took this oath and we meant it! If you are that officer that’s prejudice, take the uniform off and put the KKK hoodie on because I will not stand for that!”

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Police officer's emotional response to Alton Sterling shooting goes viral
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