A Miami-Dade County police officer is under investigation after he was recorded saying to a black driver during a routine traffic jam, “This is how you get killed.” Gerardson Nicolas was on his way to work last week when he was taken to North Miami Beach because he was not wearing his seat belt. “You will give me the driver’s license. Give me your driver’s license, registration and insurance. If not, you will not go to work today. “Simple thing, man,” the officer told him on June 15, according to a video recorded by Nicolas and posted on TikTok. As Nicholas was searching for registration in his mother’s car and getting his license, the police officer added: “This is how you are killed here, my friend.” While it remains unclear whether the White Officer’s comment was tantamount to a threat or observation about seat belt safety, the Miami-Dade Police Department announced Monday that the motorcycle police officer is being investigated after the video of the incident went viral. “The officer’s patrol duty has been changed to administrative office duties pending a full investigation into the officer’s traffic stop, comments and conduct,” the department said in a press release. “Rest assured that we are committed to the transparency and trust of the community and will address all issues of public concern fairly, justly and in accordance with applicable law.” The officer has not yet been publicly identified and the department is hiding additional comments until the investigation is completed. George Perez, the interim director of the Miami-Dade Police Department, told the Miami Herald that what the officer was suggesting was what prompted him to order the investigation. “This is exactly the conclusion that bothers me,” Perez said. Nicolas did not immediately respond to a request for comment. He told the WFLA this week that the exchange has upset him. One of the captions accompanying his video on TikTok says that being black in America is a “crime, according to Miami Dade police.” “I was scared, I was scared,” he said. “I did not think my life would do it.” More than 1,000 people were shot and killed by police last year, according to the Washington Post. Although half of the people shot and killed by police are white, Black Americans are disproportionately shot. They make up less than 13 percent of the U.S. population, but are killed by police more than twice as many as white Americans. Hispanic Americans are also disproportionately killed by police. 1,056 people were shot and killed by police last year The Post’s data is mainly based on news accounts, social media posts and police reports. Analyzing the data for more than five years reveals that the number and circumstances of the deadly shootings and the overall demographics of the victims have remained relatively stable. The effects of the police and black American incidents continued this year. Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr was charged this month with second-degree murder for shooting Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old black man, in the back of the head during a car crash in April. Schurr pleaded not guilty. The city of Brooklyn Center, Minn., Agreed this week to pay $ 3.25 million to settle an illegal death lawsuit filed by Daunte Wright’s family, according to the family’s lawyers. Wright, an unarmed 20-year-old black man, was killed during a traffic stop in 2021 by a police officer who said he had confused her gun with a Taser. Mintonia City to Pay $ 3.25 Million for Police Assassination of Daunte Wright, Lawyers Say Nicholas admitted to local media that he was not wearing his seat belt when he was stopped at Northeast 159th Street near 18th Avenue in North Miami Beach. When the police officer approached the vehicle, Nicholas started recording the meeting on his cell phone. “I was looking for my things, my permission because I did not see my wallet. “I was looking for my wallet and this was not my car, this was my mom’s car and I did not know where the registration was,” Nicolas told WFLA. “He went crazy.” After the policeman said to Nicholas, “This is how you are killed”, the driver appeared surprised. “What? Shall we say it again? Say what you just said,” Nicholas said, according to a video. The policeman responded by asking again for the registration and the insurance of the man and tried to close the door of Nicolas’s driver. But Nicholas prevented him from closing the door until he clarified what he meant. “Why [do] shall we be killed? ‘ Nicholas asked. The policeman then closed the door and pointed his finger at Nicholas’s face. “Do not do this again,” said the officer. As part of its investigation, the Miami-Dade Police Department said it was investigating more than 30 minutes of video from the camera of the officer’s body.
