this is why DA howard wanted to charge the officers

https://www.law.com/dailyreportonlin...for-fulton-da/


Howard said the Atlanta Police Union and former Atlanta City Council member Mary Norwood, a Republican and two-time candidate for mayor, have both endorsed Willis.

Howard has been criticized by Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields and the International Brotherhood of Police Officers over his decision to charge six police officers for the violent arrest of two Atlanta college students who were tazed and pulled from their car during demonstrations over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Howard, in turn, accused the IBPO of “being out of touch with reality” and engaging in a politically motivated plan to influence Tuesday’s primary in order “to end police prosecutions in Fulton County.”

I look forward to earning each and every vote as we continue the campaign,” Howard said Wednesday. “Unfortunately, Fulton County and Atlanta have now for the time in our histories, joined several urban cities that are seeing police unions taking major roles in the outcome of local political races.”