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Atlanta police call out sick over charges in fatal shooting

Interim Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant speaks to the Associated Press on June 18 in Atlanta. On Saturday, June 13, former Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields resigned after an officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks after a struggle in a Wendy’s restaurant parking lot. [BRYNN ANDERSON | AP]
By Associated Press – Tampa Bay Times

Officers are walking off their shifts or not responding to calls because they feel “abandoned, betrayed, used in a political game,” according to the city’s interim police chief.

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