Cop Who Said Spa Shooter Had A “Bad Day” Sold A Racist T-Shirt

Cherokee County Sheriff’s Capt. Jay Baker said what might be the worst possible thing one can say after a mass shooting: he claimed the man who murdered eight people was having a “bad day.”

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“He was pretty much fed up and at the end of his rope and yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did,” Baker said of shooter Robert Aaron Long.

Baker’s comments happened at a press conference on Wednesday, during which they also said the shooter had a “sex addiction,” and implied his decision to drive from spa to spa shooting Asian women was not racially motivated, and that he did it to “take out that temptation.”

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Dude made a conscious decision to go murder a bunch of people, mostly Asian Americans. That’s not a “bad day.” Locking my keys in my car is a bad day. This asshole is a Terrorist! Bottom line. https://t.co/hbIyYN1xji

— Hurricane Helms (@ShaneHelmsCom) March 17, 2021

After his viral moment, Baker’s old Facebook posts were found in which he was selling a t-shirt with the Corona beer label and the words “Covid 19 IMPORTED VIRUS FROM CHY-NA.”

Jay Baker/Facebook

In the caption, he wrote, “Love my shirt. Get yours while they last.”

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It’s not too surprising that the officer who seemingly excused the actions of a mass murderer of Asian women would also be invested in the racist rhetoric that has risen during the pandemic. But the fact that he was making money off of it is especially disgusting.

And people want him out of office:

Capt. Jay Baker of Ga’s Cherokee Sheriff’s Office, who drew criticism today for his comment about the shooting deaths of 8 ppl, and who said the gunman responsible was “having a bad day,” posted a public FB link to T-shirt merch that read “Covid 19: Imported virus from Chy-na”

— Davey Alba (@daveyalba) March 17, 2021

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I am calling on Capt. Jay Baker to resign. He tried to humanize the Atlanta killer & suggested the shooting was not a hate crime. Last year, he promoted racist shirts blaming China for the pandemic-saying that the coronavirus was imported from “CHY-NA.” https://t.co/JvM37Kx4IN pic.twitter.com/5PrSvUMu74

— Po Murray (@po_murray) March 17, 2021

Instead of even considering the killing of 6 Asian women a hate crime, Captain Jay Baker said it was a ‘really bad day’ for the suspect.

The shirt he likes says “COVID-19 Imported Virus from Chy-Na.”

I wonder if these are related… https://t.co/xrRtXzHp0W

— Viet Thanh Nguyen (@viet_t_nguyen) March 17, 2021

BREAKING: Police Captain Jay Baker — who seemingly excused the white male mass shooter who murdered 6 Asian women as having “had a very bad day” — previously posted a picture of a racist t-shirt that said Coronavirus was imported from “CHY-NA.” #StopAsianHate pic.twitter.com/fKG48kv9VJ

— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) March 17, 2021

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There seems to be no response yet from Baker about his t-shirt or the calls for his resignation. Maybe he’s trying to come up with a t-shirt.

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*First Published: March 18, 2021, 8:10 am