Atlanta mayor signing orders to reform police use of force
By Rebecca Klar - 06/15/20 07:57 PM EDT
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) announced Monday she will be signing a series of administrative orders aimed at reforming police use of force policies in the city following the fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks.
Bottoms had initially announced a task force to make recommendations regarding use of police force within 14 days, and to get community input for final recommendations within 45 days, in the wake of protests over police brutality sparked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
But given the recent shooting of Brooks, which has made national headlines, Bottoms stressed the need for more immediate reform.
“On Friday evening we saw the murder of Rayshard Brooks, and as I’ve said before I’m often reminded of the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — there is a fierce urgency of now in our communities,†Bottoms said during a press conference, quoting the civil rights leader.
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