Updated Saturday at 9:12 p.m.
Atlanta’s police chief resigned Saturday, less than 24 hours after a black man was killed by an Atlanta officer in a struggle following a field sobriety test. Authorities said the slain man had grabbed an officer’s taser but was running away when he was shot.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced during a news conference that she had accepted the resignation of Police Chief Erika Shields.
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