“In Santa Monica, this is what they were firing,” says CNN’s Kyung Lah about the police use of rubber bullets to disperse protesters. “This is going to hurt, especially if it hits you in the face or in the eye. ... This is nothing to mess with.”
The Atlanta officers fired for tasing two college students say they thought the couple was armed
The two Atlanta police officers who were fired for using excessive force against two protesters said they had tased the couple over concerns they were armed. The incident happened in Atlanta, Georgia, late Saturday night during protests against the death of George Floyd. Video of the confrontation show two young college students in their car, before being tased by police.The officer who tased the male driver said,"“The driver started grabbing his right pocket area, causing me to us my ECW on him.”
The officer who tased the female passenger said he gave verbal commands to the female to, “show her hands and stop resisting.” He also wrote he “heard officers say ‘gun’ two-three times,” according to the report.The two officers have been fired, and three other officers involved are now on desk duty pending further determination of disciplinary action, said Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.
“There clearly was a use of excessive force,” she said. “We understand that our officers are working very long hours under an enormous amount of stress. But we also understand that the use of excessive force is never acceptable."
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