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Atlanta cop fired after video shows him slamming, deploying stun gun on woman
Source: ABC News
Atlanta cop fired after video shows him slamming, deploying stun gun on woman
By BILL HUTCHINSON May 22, 2019, 6:12 PM ET
A white Atlanta police sergeant was fired after a cell phone video surfaced showing him allegedly yanking a black woman from her car, slamming her to the ground, punching her in the face and deploying a stun gun on her during an arrest this month in front of her 4-year-old daughter.
All charges against the woman, Maggie Thomas, have been dropped after a cell phone video surfaced of the incident earlier this month and demands from the woman and her attorney that Sgt. James Hines be fired.
In a statement released to ABC News on Wednesday, Atlanta police officials said they were made aware of the incident on May 10, and launched an investigation that led to the sergeant's dismissal and a recommendation from police to prosecutors to drop the charges against the woman.
"Accordingly, the Chief of Police directed the Office of Professional Standards to immediately begin investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident," the police statement reads. "Following its investigation, the Office of Professional Standards determined that the force used during the arrest was unnecessary and inconsistent with Atlanta Police Department training. Subsequently, Sergeant Hines was dismissed from employment on May 17, 2019."
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By BILL HUTCHINSON May 22, 2019, 6:12 PM ET
A white Atlanta police sergeant was fired after a cell phone video surfaced showing him allegedly yanking a black woman from her car, slamming her to the ground, punching her in the face and deploying a stun gun on her during an arrest this month in front of her 4-year-old daughter.
All charges against the woman, Maggie Thomas, have been dropped after a cell phone video surfaced of the incident earlier this month and demands from the woman and her attorney that Sgt. James Hines be fired.
In a statement released to ABC News on Wednesday, Atlanta police officials said they were made aware of the incident on May 10, and launched an investigation that led to the sergeant's dismissal and a recommendation from police to prosecutors to drop the charges against the woman.
"Accordingly, the Chief of Police directed the Office of Professional Standards to immediately begin investigating the circumstances surrounding this incident," the police statement reads. "Following its investigation, the Office of Professional Standards determined that the force used during the arrest was unnecessary and inconsistent with Atlanta Police Department training. Subsequently, Sergeant Hines was dismissed from employment on May 17, 2019."
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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/ABCNews/atlanta-cop-fired-video-shows-slamming-deploying-stun/story?id=63182691
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