Atlanta braces for potential civil unrest over Memphis police brutality case
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Published: Jan. 27, 2023 at 2:42 PM CST
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Atlanta business owners are preparing for the protest Friday evening after the release of the video of Tyre Nichols being beaten by five Memphis police officers.
They are afraid of a repeat of last weekend’s “protest-turned-riot” where broken windows are still boarded up.
Georgia is under a state of emergency with a thousand soldiers from the Georgia National Guard on standby who will have the power to arrest people.
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