The Atlanta City Council approved a $2 million settlement on July 1 for two students who were pulled from their car and shocked with Tasers by police during the 2020 protests sparked by George Floyd’s death.
The councilors voted 13–1 to settle the federal lawsuit filed against the city in June 2021 by Messiah Young and Taniyah Pilgrim, two students at historically black colleges in Atlanta. The pair alleged that Atlanta police officers had no justification for pulling them from their car and arresting them on May 30, 2020.
