Atlanta police sergeant fired after cellphone video shows him slamming, deploying stun gun on woman in front of her 4-year-old daughter.
A white Atlanta police sergeant was fired after a cell phone video surfaced showing him allegedly yanking a black woman from her car, slamming her to the ground, punching her in the face and deploying a stun gun on her during an arrest this month in front of her 4-year-old daughter.
"Accordingly, the Chief of Police directed the Office of Professional Standards to immediately begin investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident," the police statement reads."Following its investigation, the Office of Professional Standards determined that the force used during the arrest was unnecessary and inconsistent with Atlanta Police Department training. Subsequently, Sergeant Hines was dismissed from employment on May 17, 2019.
Thomas' attorney, Gerald Griggs of Atlanta, told ABC News that Thomas was arrested on a traffic warrant that he said was issued in error and disorderly conduct. He wrote that Thomas refused to cooperate and that when he attempted to take her into custody, a struggled ensued. Griggs said Thomas never bit the officer's hands, and that the circumstances of the episode did not warrant such brutal force.
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