Lawsuit filed by 2 students who were pulled from their car by Atlanta police and hit with stun guns while they were stuck in traffic says police had no justification for doing so.
ATLANTA — Atlanta police had no justification for pulling two students from their car and hitting them with stun guns while they were stuck in traffic caused by protests over George Floyd’s death, a lawsuit filed Thursday says.
The suit names the city, nine officers and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms as defendants. The mayor’s office said it had not been served with the lawsuit and could not comment. He had been filming police confronting someone else on the side of the street, and the suit claims the officer retaliated by going after him and Pilgrim, 21.
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