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Atlanta PD stage walkout while mayor asks them to “keep their commitment”

Why the walkout? Yesterday, the Fulton County DA charged two police officers with felony murder for shooting Brooks after he resisted arrest for a DUI and took one officer s Taser from him. The released body-cam footage shows that officers fired when Brooks pointed the Taser back at them as he was running from them, which makes the charges questionable. What makes them even more questionable is that the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the agency with jurisdiction in the case, hadn t finished its investigation of the case yet. And they made sure everyone knew it yesterday afternoon, too:

via hotair.com