ATLANTA – Atlanta's police chief quickly condemned the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and acted swiftly when she determined some of her own officers used excessive force, but now she's questioning a further crackdown on her officers.
Chief Erika Shields fired two officers and benched three others involved in an incident with two college students during protests Saturday night.
But then a prosecutor announced criminal charges against six officers. In a department-wide email Tuesday, Shields questioned the timing and appropriateness of the charges and suggested that handling ongoing protests could be more difficult as a result. “The officers were fired because I felt that is what had to occur,” she wrote. “This does not mean for a