Atlanta’s police chief has ordered a halt to all police car chases after crashes that killed or injured people.
“I don’t want to see us cost someone their life in pursuit of an auto theft person or burglar when the courts aren’t even going to hold them accountable. I mean, how can we justify that?” Chief Erika Shields said during a news conference Friday afternoon.
Two men were killed last month in Atlanta when their car was hit by a stolen car evading police, police said.
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