Two police officers have been fired and three others placed on desk duty for excessive use of force during a protest arrest incident, Atlanta's mayor said.
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said at a news conference that she and Police Chief Erika Shields made the decision after reviewing body-camera footage of a Saturday night incident that first gained attention from video online and on local news.
"Use of excessive force is never acceptable," Bottoms told reporters. Shields called the footage "really shocking to watch".
The video, shown on TV as captured by local reporters, shows a group of police officers in riot gear and gas masks surround a car being driven by a man with a woman in the passenger seat. The officers pull the woman out and appear to use a stun gun on the man. They use zip-tie handcuffs o
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