Police chief resigns – Again African-Americans in the police was killed in the US city of Atlanta in the Parking lot of a fast-food restaurants, a 27-Year-old by a police officer being shot. He had a resisted arrest.Dozens of protesters gather at the scene of the crime: In the US, African Americans once again died during a police operation.KEYSTONEDer incident occurred at a fast food restaurant in Atlanta in the southern state of Georgia.Keystone currently there are after the death of the African-American George Floyd at the end of may in Minneapolis protests against racism and police violence in Atlanta.KEYSTONE1 / 9
In the USA has been killed in the midst of the wave of protest against racism again African-Americans during a police operation. The incident occurred at a fast food restaurant in Atlanta in the southern state of Georgia. The 27-Year-old was asleep in his car at the Drive-Thru driveway, police said on Saturday. The man had then resisted the arrest, after he had failed an alcohol test.
In the case of a scuffle, had succeeded the man, apparently, to steal a stun gun, the two white officials and to flee. A police officer had pulled his gun and the man in the Parking lot shot. This was clear from video recordings of cameras of the fast food restaurants and eye-witnesses. Later, dozens of protesters gathered at the scene of the crime.
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the mayor Keisha Lance the dismissal of the two police officers called, against which investigations were initiated. “I don’t think this was a justified use of lethal force,” she said at a press conference.
Atlanta police chief Erika Shields resigned after the incident. The mayor accepted the resignation offer of Shields. The chief of the office of Criminal investigation, GBI, Vic Reynolds, warned against jumping to conclusions and rushes to judgment.
Currently, there are after the death of the African-American George Floyd at the end of may in Minneapolis protests against racism and police violence. A white police officer had pressed his knee into the neck of the fallen man, despite his repeated requests, to let him breathe. The policeman and three on the use of party colleagues were dismissed, arrested and charged.
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