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Atlanta police chief resigns after fatal police shooting

by The Associated Press
| June 14, 2020 12:03 AM

ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta's police chief resigned Saturday hours after a black man was fatally shot by an officer in a struggle following a field sobriety test. Authorities said the slain man had grabbed an officer's Taser, but was running away when he was shot.

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