2 Police Officers Fired After HBCU Students Shocked, Dragged From Car Amid Protests

Atlanta moved quickly Sunday to immediately fire two police officers involved in the violent arrest of two young Black people who were roughly dragged from a car and apparently shocked with stun guns as anti-racism protests erupted across the nation.

“There clearly was an excessive use of force,” Bottoms 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.” In the TV video of the confrontation, the car passenger, identified by friends on social media as Spelman College student Taniya Pilgrim, can be seen with her hands in the air and her door open. She states at least twice that she will get out of the car as police smash the vehicle’s windows.

WATCH: here’s my video of when two young people were tased, dragged out of their car in downtown Atlanta Saturday night. We’re working to find out why this happened and what led up to it @cbs46 https://t.co/JL4nMFCnls pic.twitter.com/USRby69Kp2The incident occurred around 9:45 p.m local time, about 45 minutes after the city’s curfew went into effect. The curfew lasted until sunrise Sunday and was intended to curb civil unrest. Bottoms announced another 9 p.m. curfew for Sunday.

The statement continued: “It is clear that the behavior of law enforcement in this country must change. Incidents like the one last night and the many events of police violence ... leading up to today heighten the urgency of this need for change. And we support our students as champions and activists on behalf of change.”

What race were these officers?

I see you changed the name from the fake George Floyd protest to the fake Racism protest.

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