Atlanta Police Department fires 2 officers for using excessive force against 2 college students out past city curfew
The Atlanta Police Department has fired two officers for use of excessive force Saturday in the arrest of two college students protesting the death of George Floyd."Sometime during the night, I saw very disturbing video of two young college students who were in downtown Atlanta yesterday evening," Bottoms said during the press conference."The use of force is never acceptable."
Police officers surround Messiah Young and Taniyah Pilgrim on Saturday night as they drive in downtown Atlanta. Young and Pilgrim's resulting arrest was broadcast live on CBS46 in Atlanta. Two of the officers involved were fired from the Atlanta Police Department on Sunday for use of excessive force after dragging Pilgrim and Young from the car, Young was also tased by two officers.
During Sunday's press conference, Bottoms said that five officers were involved in the arrest of Pilgrim and Young, but a review of body camera footage indicated that two of the officers used excessive force. Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields said that the names of all five officers, as well as the body cam footage, will be released to the public.
"This video was really shocking to watch, how we were manhandling a couple of young people in their car," Shields said."And, to be fair, I knew it was bad, but I really wanted to believe that the body camera footage would provide some larger view that could better rationalize why we got to this space. Having spent most of the afternoon with the mayor reviewing the footage exhaustively, I knew that I had only one option and that is to terminate the employees.
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