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Georgia cop placed on leave after body-slamming man in Walmart: ‘I thought he was dead’

New York Post·Richard Pollina·about 1 month ago
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A Georgia police officer was placed on administrative leave after he was captured picking up a man and slamming him to the ground inside a Walmart. The incident unfolded when police received a report of a man causing a disturbance inside the Walmart in Lovejoy, Ga. — about 20 miles outside Atlanta — at around 8 p.m. on Saturday, Lovejoy Police Chief Steve Wright told Fox 5 Atlanta . The 20-second distressing clip showed the officer holding the man’s arms behind his back in the electronics section, exchanging words briefly before grabbing him around the chest, hoisting him into the air and slamming him to the ground. The man, whose identity has not been released, was then rushed to a nearby hospital and will not be facing any charges, Wright told the outlet. It remains unclear what condition the man was in after being taken to the hospital. A witness told Fox 5 Atlanta that the officer shocked everyone who watched the incident unfold. “The officer just lifted him up, and to everyone’s surprise, BAM!…

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