Marietta PD Commends Cobb Officer In Babysitting While Black Case

MARIETTA, GA -- The Marietta police department is stressing their department was not involved in an incident that has made headlines, when police were called to investigate a black man babysitting two white children. Corey Lewis documented the encounter through several Facebook Live videos, as well as his encounter with the Cobb officer who responded to the call. The children's parents, who confirmed that Lewis was indeed babysitting their children, believes he was harassed because he was Babysitting While Black.

In the videos (one of which is posted at the bottom of this story), he describes how a woman approached him and the children after seeing them at a Subway at a Walmart and then followed them to a Murphy's gas station.

"This lady over here is following me because I've got two kids in the back seat who do not look like me," Lewis said. "She asked to see the little girl so she could ask her if she knows who I am, all because I've got two kids in the back seat who do not look me. This lady took it upon herself to take my plate down and call the police.
"It's crazy. It's 2018 and this is what I've got to deal with," Lewis says.

Later videos show Lewis explaining the situation to the Cobb police officer, as well as the children telling the officer that Lewis was their after-school teacher and babysitter.

In a Facebook post, the Marietta police department said some media (not Patch) are incorrectly attributing the incident to Marietta police.

"Due to the inaccurate references we have been contacted multiple times by residents, reporters and elected officials," the post said. "We must reemphasize, even though this was NOT one of our officers, by all accounts the CCPD officer did everything right ... Marietta Police will not tolerate racism within our department. We commend the CCPD officer and Mr. Lewis for the way they handled this unfortunate incident."

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