The Baltimore Police Department says it’s investigating a video that appears to show a sergeant deliberately coughing as he walks past several Black people amid heightened fears of the novel coronavirus.
In the video, an unidentified sergeant can be seen holding his hand to his chest and coughing — without covering his mouth — as he passes the woman holding the camera. “Ha, ha, ha!
Hey, Officer Friendly with the cherry cheeks,” the woman with the camera can be heard saying at the start of the video as the officer approaches down a sidewalk running through a housing complex.
The officer can be seen putting his hand to his torso and letting out several uncovered coughs while he passes her. The woman and several other witnesses immediately