Attorney For Atlanta Officers Fired For ‘Excessive Force’ Says Case Lacked Due Process

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June 23rd, 2020

In this Saturday, May 30, 2020, photo taken from police body camera video released by the Atlanta Police Department, an officer points his handgun at Messiah Young while the college student is seated in his vehicle, in Atlanta. The following day, Atlanta’s mayor two police officers were fired and three others placed on desk duty over excessive use of force during the arrest of Young and fellow college student Taniyah Pilgrim, seated in the passenger side of the car.

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Atlanta Attorney Lance LoRusso said he doesn’t want former Atlanta Police Department officers Ivory Streeter and Mark Gardner’s case to be forgotten.

LoRusso told “Morning Edition” host Lisa Rayam that he believes there was a lack of due process during the investigation by Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard.

“They refused to interview the officers,” LoRusso said. “The standard in American law is to interview a person who uses force. You have to get their perspective.”

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