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Mobile phone deflects bullet

Police in Atlanta say a mobile phone deflected a bullet fired at a night club employee after two men were ejected from the club. Ref. Source 1

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Georgia cop fatally shoots teen boy who was holding a Wii video game controller:

A family in Georgia said this week that a police officer should never have killed 17-year-old Christopher Roupe because he was only holding a video game controller. Roupe had been shot to death on Friday when Euharlee officers showed up at his home to serve a probation violation warrant on his father. Ref. Source 6

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Woman: Officer spit on her, called her racial slur: Video -

"'I couldn't pass, you low life piece of (Expletive) (N-word)' ... And (He) spit on me," Griffith said was Sheats' response. Ref. Source 8

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Georgia teen forced to ground at gunpoint for seat-belt violation:

Saying "I could have been another Trayvon Martin case," Montre' Merritt explained to reporters how the traffic stop in front of his home where officer Officer Cory Gay held a gun to his head and ordered him onto the ground still haunts him. Ref. Source 8

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Ga. Police officer dies after being shot in 'ambush'

Police responded to a "Shots fired" Call early Wednesday morning Ref. Source 5

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2 Georgia ex-cops face murder charges for tasing handcuffed man at least 13 times:

Two former Georgia police officers are facing murder charges for tasing an unarmed man at least 13 times while he was handcuffed. The man died following the confrontation. Ref. Source 8z

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Retired Army general 'ashamed to be an American' after rough arrest by Georgia cops:

"Just blown out of proportion," A neighbor told WSB-TV. "Way too many police for that. Way too many. And the way they handcuffed him was ridiculous." Ref. Source 4o