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Officer pleads guilty in Georgia traffic stop of Black man

by Associated Press
| September 28, 2020 1:06 PM

ATLANTA (AP) — A former Atlanta area police officer who acknowledged choking a Black man during a 2017 traffic stop will never work in law enforcement again after pleading guilty Monday to a charge of simple battery, prosecutors said.

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