Students pulled from car, stunned by Atlanta police sue
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Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young were in their vehicle in downtown Atlanta on May 30, 2020. They were caught in traffic during protests sparked by the death of George Floyd five days earlier. The lawsuit claims that while the students’ car was stopped due to heavy traffic, they were approached by six Atlanta Police Department officers.
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Students pulled from car by Atlanta police sue city
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police had no justification for pulling two students from their car and hitting them with stun guns while they were stuck in traffic caused by protests over George Floyd's death, a lawsuit filed Thursday says.
Students pulled from car by Atlanta police sue city
Two students pulled from their car and hit with stun guns by Atlanta police while they were stuck in traffic caused by protests over George Floyd’s death have sued the city
Two college students pulled from car by police during last summer's protests in Atlanta file lawsuit
Two college students who were forcibly removed from their car and tased by police during a civil rights protest in Atlanta last summer filed a federal lawsuit against the city Thursday, according to their attorneys.
Atlanta Attorneys File Lawsuit Against City, Police Officers Who Tased Two College Students
ATLANTA, Ga. (CW69 News at 10) — The City of Atlanta fired police officers who tased college students Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young during protests on May 30, 2020. Over one year later, Pilgrim and Young are still looking for closure. “There’s no reason that the events that took place that night should have transpired the way they did,” said Young. “The nightmares that I still have to experience every single night, it’s like, life took a tot…
Two college students pulled from car by police during last summer's protests in Atlanta file lawsuit
Two college students who were forcibly removed from their car and tased by police during a civil rights protest in Atlanta last summer filed a federal lawsuit against the city Thursday, according to their attorneys.Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young were in their vehicle in downtown Atlanta on May 30, 2020, when they were caught in traffic during the protests sparked by the death of George Floyd five days earlier.The lawsuit claims that while the…