‘I Will Hunt This N—-r and Kill Him’: Racial Slurs and Punches Fly As Cops and Angry Fans Brawl at Florida-Georgia Game, Viral Video Shows

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Jacksonville deputies had been mostly quiet amid mounting criticism they were overly physical Saturday in confrontations with rowdy fans attending an SEC football game affectionately known as “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. Several cellphone videos of the fights had gone viral and appeared to show deputies responding with disproportionate force to unruly fans. Jeremy Williamson, who recorded one of the clashes, told the Florida Times-Union it was a clear case of police brutality. Video shows police officers and fans in a physical altercation. (Photo: X/Barstool) “What we witnessed was 100% wrong,” Williamson said. On Monday, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters defended his deputies, saying an initial review by the department’s Professional Standards Division found they committed no policy violations during the annual game between the universities of Georgia and Florida. The videos posted online only told half the story, he said. One of the fans threatened to kill an officer while another attempted to take his gun. “I don’t need context, ‘N-word,'” the sheriff quoted one fan who called in a threat. “You better hope I don’t learn who you are. I will hunt this ‘N-word’ and kill him. I am coming. Equalizer. I don’t give a ‘s-h-i-t’ who they...

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