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Tear Gas Deployed In Atlanta During Breonna Taylor Protests

Demonstrators took to the streets of Atlanta overnight in the wake of the decision not to charge officers directly over Taylor's death. Candidates for Georgia's Senate race weighed in.

A crowd of demonstrators took to the streets in downtown Atlanta on Wednesday night to voice anger over a Kentucky grand jury's decision not to directly charge three Louisville police officers over the killing of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor in March.

Police said they arrested 11 people while dispersing crowds, according.

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