A city councilman in Fort Valley, Ga. has been charged with assault and making terroristic threats, after allegedly threatening to shoot a woman and calling her the N-word, according to reports.
“In the heat of the moment sometimes people don’t know how to deescalate anger, we’ve seen it all over the country, everywhere,” Mayor Barbara Williams said, according to WGXA.
“I would like to have seen the removal from the committee chairman as well as a suspension for a period of time until the matter is resolved.”
According to a July 2 police incident report, the councilman, Jimmy Barnes, allegedly threatened to shoot a woman, calling her the N-word multiple times, at a highway convenience store.
He was arrested July 12 and released July 15 on a $50,000 bond, with an ankle monitor, WGXA said.
Randy Goss, chairman of the Peach County Democratic Party, told WMAZ he was disappointed in Barnes.
“As a resident of this city as long as I’ve been alive, he should know better,” said Goss. “As far as his actions and attitude, he should be fully held accountable for that.”
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