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The Six Atlanta Officers Seen Dragging Two College Students Out Of Their Vehicle Are Facing Multiple Criminal Charges

<p>TSR Updatez&colon; Roommates&comma; two college students caught the attention of the nation after footage of their arrest in Atlanta showed six officers using excessive force&period; Those officers are now facing a number of criminal charges&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ajc&period;com&sol;news&sol;breaking-news&sol;live-fulton-announces-findings-atlanta-police-excessive-force-case&sol;IwWL0tioOHNAtC29Ad2xGL&sol;">AJC News<&sol;a>&comma; the six officers seen on video pulling 20-year-old Spelman student Taniyah Pilgrim and 22-year-old Morehouse student Messiah Young from their vehicle will be required to turn themselves in to the police by June 5th&period; The officers are reportedly facing charges including aggravated assault&comma; simple battery&comma; criminal damage to property&comma; and pointing or aiming a gun&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you all recall&comma; Officers Ivory Streeter&comma; Mark Gardner&comma; Lonnie Hood&comma; Willie Sauls&comma; Armond Jones&comma; and Ronald Claud&comma; were seen pulling over a vehicle in Atlanta&period; Shortly after&comma; they could be seen tasing the students&comma; as well as excessively pulling them from their vehicle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>District Attorney Howard has determined that both Taniyah and Messiah were innocent&comma; and did not deserve to be treated so aggressively by the officers&period; In fact&comma; Howard said the students were &&num;8220&semi;extremely innocent&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;My investigation concluded they were so innocent almost to the point of being naive&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Howard said&period; &&num;8220&semi;The conduct in this incident isn&&num;8217&semi;t indicative of the way we treat people in the city of Atlanta and it certainly isn&&num;8217&semi;t indicative of how we treat out children&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although an indictment has not yet taken place&comma; the video evidence was so graphic&comma; that District Attorney Howard was able to bring charges against the officers beforehand&period; He also said he will ask a judge to grant a &dollar;10&comma;000 signature bond&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As we <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;people-want-answers-for-a-viral-video-of-atlanta-cops-pulling-a-couple-out-of-their-vehicle-after-curfew-was-enacted-video&sol;">previously reported<&sol;a>&comma; two of the officers have already been terminated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"61439" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;the-six-atlanta-officers-seen-dragging-two-college-students-out-of-their-vehicle-are-facing-a-slew-of-criminal-charges&sol;" data-secure&equals;"460cd1126b"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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