An East Point woman accused of threatening on Facebook to kill white police officers plans to offer a public apology Friday in an Atlanta church, authorities said.
Ebony Dickens is scheduled to appear at a news conference with DeKalb County Public Safety Director Dr. Cedric Alexander and Atlanta Police Union President Ken Allen, according to a media release by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office. Dickens’ attorney, Gerald Griggs, also will attend.
Dickens, 34, was indicted in August for allegedly posting terroristic threats on Facebook against white police, as previously reported by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Dickens, posting under the name Tiffany Milan, is accused of calling on Facebook for “death to all white cops nationwide.”
However, she plans to “apologize to law enforcement,” according to the media release. The news conference will be at the Jackson Memorial Baptist Church on Fairburn Road in Atlanta.
It is unclear how Friday’s news conference developed. The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office could not be reached for comment Thursday.
Dickens’ alleged post read: “I thought about shooting every white cop I see in the head until I’m either caught by the police or killed by them … Might kill at least 15 tomorrow, I’m plotting now.”
The posts also allegedly suggested that other people should “rise up” and join her, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
She is charged with terroristic threats and inciting to riot, Fulton County authorities said. She was released from the Fulton County jail in August, shortly after she was indicted.
Last August, Griggs said, “I believe this is a clear case of someone exercising their First Amendment rights and no matter how much we don’t like that speech, it is not a criminal act.”
He described Dickens as a small business owner with a master’s degree in criminal justice, and said she is “not a threat to the community.”
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