The Atlanta City Council has approved the payment of a settlement of $2 million to two college students who were shocked with Tasers and pulled from a car while they were stuck in downtown traffic caused by protests over George Floyd’s killing.
FILE - Taniyah Pilgrim, left, stands with Messiah Young, right, as he speaks during a news conference on the campus of Morehouse College, June 1, 2020, in Atlanta . On Monday, July 1, 2024, the Atlanta City Council approved the payment of a settlement of $2 million to the two college students who were shocked with Tasers and pulled from a car while they were stuck in downtown traffic caused by protests over George Floyd ’s killing.
Then-Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and then-Police Chief Erika Shields announced the next day that two officers had been fired and three others placed on desk duty. Then-Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard a few days later announced thatin February 2021 after the Atlanta Civil Service Board found the city did not follow its own personnel procedures.
The car driven by Young gets stuck in traffic and officers run up to both sides of the car shouting orders. An officer uses a Taser on Pilgrim as she tries to exit the car and then officers pull her from the vehicle.
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