A law firm and a Muslim civil rights group say they plan to conduct a civil rights investigation after police fatally shot a Georgia woman.
The Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Awad Law Firm said in a news release Sunday that they had agreed to represent the family of 36-year-old Shukri Ali Said, who died Saturday. They say Said was mentally ill.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said preliminary information indicates police in Johns Creek, an Atlanta suburb, responded around 7:13 a.m. Saturday to a report of a woman threatening a family member with a knife.
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