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ACLU Georgia calls police training course on Islam 'inflammatory, hateful'
A slide from an Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association presentation on "the current threat of Islam in the world" by David Bores.
The ACLU of Georgia calls an upcoming police training course on Islam in America “inflammatory, hateful and potentially unconstitutional.”
The eight-hour course about Muslims set for Thursday was organized by the Barrow County Sheriff's Office and approved by the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police, ACLU spokeswoman Ana Maria Rosato said in a news release.
But Frank Rotondo, the GACP’s executive director, said he has pulled his organization’s approval for police chiefs to get the training.
The instructor is David Bores, a former police chief in Woodstock and retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who has taught criminal justice courses at local universities.
Read more: https://www.ajc.com/news/local/aclu-calls-police-training-course-islam-inflammatory-hateful/ifgph6UreVX41X6kQ7OICP/