Louisiana cop fired for suggesting it was 'unfortunate' coronavirus hadn't killed more black people: report

A Louisiana police department apologized and one of its officers was fired over a Facebook comment suggesting he thought it was “unfortunate” more black people have not died from the coronavirus.

Kaplan Police Department Officer Steven Aucoin was dismissed on May 15, just hours after making what was viewed as a racist comment below a local news station’s Facebook live feed of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ daily coronavirus press briefing.

“Virus that was created to kill all the blacks is death,” one user commented, according to screenshots of the thread...