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Two of the officers in Atlanta who tased and pulled those two black kids out of their car last night have been fired.

https://www.cbs46.com/news/atlanta-o...23b6df8e3.html

Two Atlanta police officers who tased and pulled two Atlanta University Center students from a car on Saturday night have been terminated.

Three other officers were placed on desk duty pending further investigation. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms made the announcement during a press conference on Sunday.

"After review of that footage, Chief Shields and I have made the determination that two of the officers involved in the incident last night will be terminated immediately. The other three officers are, right now, on desk duty pending further determination of what, if any, appropriate disciplinary action should be taken against them," the mayor said.

CBS46 cameras were rolling as Messiah Young, 22, and Teniyah Pilgrim, 20, were taken into custody after 9 p.m. Saturday night. Young is a student at Morehouse College, and Pilgrim attends Spelman College.

The couple was leaving the protest at Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park in their car at the time. The video shows police smashing the driver's side window, opening the passenger side door, and tasing the couple before pulling them from the vehicle. It is unclear what led to the arrests.

Pilgrim was detained and later released at the scene without charges. Young was taken to Grady hospital and released Sunday morning. Young was initially charged with fleeing the scene and driving with an expired license, but those charges were later dropped.