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NJ Detention Officer Allegedly Mocks 5-Year-Old Cannon Hinnant’s Murder: ‘He Should’ve Ducked’

Hank Berrien
NJ Detention Officer Allegedly Mocks 5-Year-Old Cannon Hinnant’s Murder: ‘He Should’ve Ducked’
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A New Jersey detention officer, referring to 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant, who was shot to death in an execution-style murder as he was riding a bicycle, allegedly wrote that Cannon “should’ve ducked.”

The Facebook page of Rome Smith, an officer at the Cumberland County Juvenile Detention Center, stated, ““He should’ve ducked. Y’all always trying to sneak diss and discredit a black person being killed innocently by police. Blame cannon’s parents for not watching him!!! F Y’ALL.”

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