From the Atlanta Daily World:

On Wednesday, June 26 the family of a 5-year-old child shot by a Douglas County sheriff’s deputy announced that they had retained the services of prominent civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Bakari Sellers to get justice for the stricken child and hold all parties in the shooting of the child accountable.  The Douglas County … Continued

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    The Douglas County deputy involved in the shooting of the five-year-old was allegedly in pursuit of a 25-year-old suspect, Rashauny Mike Palmer, who was fleeing on foot from authorities after escaping from the back of a police car. After a protracted chase Palmer allegedly attempted to carjack passengers at a local gas station. The deputy fired into the car that the suspect was attempting to take, and shot the child in the process, according to information from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

    To repeat back, the suspect escapes out of a police car.

    The officer responded BY SHOOTING AT HIM.

    What’s the worse that can happen?

    Oh right kid was shot.