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The man did not appear to be resisting and the footage caused outrage throughout the community.
The arrest allegedly happened at the corner of Broad and Alabama streets and the 16-second video shows four Atlanta police officers and one suspect pinned to the pavement.
Now, the City of Atlanta Police Department has responded to the public’s concerns and recently announced their decision to suspend the officer involved.
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Atlanta’s Buckhead area has become notorious for it’s after-hours nightlife and now the City of Atlanta Police department has added to the growing list of concerns in the upscale area.
Two officers that were enlisted to increase the peace are now the topic of conversation after battling each other at a popular late night eatery.
One officer is on administrative leave and another has resigned after a heated debate between the two led one to allegedly draw his gun.
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Last Friday, Memphis rapper Blac Youngsta took to social media to rant about how Atlanta Police treated him for withdrawing a huge amount of cash from HIS bank account (click HERE if you missed that).
While authorities admitted that it was all simply a misunderstanding, many were outraged over the banks reported involvement in the situation.
Now a spokesperson from Wells Fargo has issued a statement disputing that Blac Youngsta even has an account at their bank!
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It doesn’t take much to be racially profiled in Georgia but one young rapper found out the hard way that being ‘legit’ doesn’t really matter when you’re young Black and rich.
[FLASHBACK: Allen Iverson + Laborghini = Classic Case of ‘DWB’ in Atlanta…]
A young rapper was detained by Atlanta Police last Friday (January 8, 2016) after withdrawing a large amount of cash from the local Wells Fargo.
Sam Benson, who goes by the stage name Blac Youngsta, says he’s a millionaire and he definitely had enough in his account to withdraw $200,000 to buy a new luxury sedan, but police handcuffed him outside of the branch anyway.
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What started out as a simple night on the town for 4 young Atlanta woman, turned into a gruesome case of police brutality after one of the four ladies was brutally punched in the face by an Atlanta police officer.
What started the melee is unclear, but one of the women, Cynthia Freeman, says she and her friends were seated at the first table near the front door of the IHOP when all hell broke loose.
Freeman was among four arrested in the 4 a.m. Saturday incident, according to her attorney Bobby Aniekwu, he is representing three of the women in what he considers a case of “excessive force.”
“He just attacked me,” Freeman said, “And I said, ‘What did I do? What did I do? I didn’t do anything.”
“I’m sitting with my friends, and I’m talking to the Darth Vadar guys, just on a casual conversation … and then he just out of nowhere came to me, out of all of the people, came to me,” she said later.
“I didn’t touch this man, never, not once,” she said. “I didn’t pay him any attention what he had on. I was just looking at his face because he was yelling.”
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Three Atlanta Police officers have been placed on administrative duty pending disciplinary decisions after being accused of conducting an illegal strip search & body cavity search.
Two men have alleged that during a traffic stop, officers with Atlanta’s notorious Red Dog Unit humiliated and groped them while searching for illegal drugs. Brian Kidd says he was forced to pull down his pants on the side of the road, while his roommate, Shawn Venegas (below), claims he was cavity searched — all in public and all in broad daylight!
“I feel molested, and I feel like I was raped.” says Venegas, who says he was so traumatized by the incident that he moved to another state. Continue Reading…
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