TIP: “I saw this last night, & was able to get it to the mayor & in less than 24hrs got results”
T.I. saw the Body Cam Footage and Immediately sent it to the Mayor
Two Atlanta police officers who tased and pulled two Atlanta University Center students from a car is now Fired!!!
Atlanta hip-hop star, Clifford Joseph Harris Jr AKA T.I. saves two college civilians following the chaos in Atlanta Friday night. The city’s curfew crackdown took place Saturday, (May 30). TIP saw the footage he wasn't having it “Expeditiously” got in touched with the Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. The Body Cam Footage shows a group of police officers in riot gear and gas masks surround a car being driven by a man with a woman in the passenger seat. The officers pull the woman out and appear to use a stun gun on the man. They use zip-tie handcuffs on the woman on the ground. The couple did not appear to be fighting police.
You can read T.I.'s statement of the body cam footage below.
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms made the announcement during a press conference on Sunday, (May 31).
"After review of that footage, Chief Shields and I have made the determination that two of the officers involved in the incident last night will be terminated immediately. The other three officers are, right now, on desk duty pending further determination of what, if any, appropriate disciplinary action should be taken against them," the mayor said.