Article 5FG2N Georgia officer condemned for saying Atlanta shooter was 'having a bad day'

Georgia officer condemned for saying Atlanta shooter was 'having a bad day'

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Capt Jay Baker also reportedly posted images on Facebook of T-shirts with racist slogan on China and coronavirus

A Georgia sheriff's captain has faced widespread criticism for appearing to characterise the actions of Robert Aaron Long, the 21-year-old charged with killing eight people in Atlanta, six of them women of Asian descent, as having a really bad day".

Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, Capt Jay Baker of the Cherokee county sheriff's office said investigators had interviewed Long that morning.

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