On May 30, Messiah Young and Taniyah Pilgrim were tased and arrested on live TV for defying a curfew that was put in place less than four hours earlier.
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A young woman makes a sign during a protest in response to the police killing of George Floyd on May 30,2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.
On May 30, Messiah Young and Taniyah Pilgrim were pulled from their car and arrested on live TV for defying a curfew that was put in place less than four hours earlier. Videos of the arrests show an officer open the passenger-side door armed with what appears to be a taser. As Pilgrim screams, officers pull her out of the car and force her onto the ground where her hands are cuffed together. Officers then appear to discharge a taser at Young before pulling him out of the car as well.
LOOK: Police in Atlanta use a taser to take 2 people in car into custody. #GeorgeFloydpic.twitter.com/VC7ZCBGCCd
Austin Kellerman (@AustinKellerman) May 31,2020
American author Shaun King posted a clip of the arrest on Instagram. That particular clip has been viewed over 1.5 million times, and countless others saw the arrest live on TV. According to a GoFundMe page to raise money for bail for the pair, Pilgrim and Young are students at Spelman College and Morehouse College, respectively, and were on their way home when police stopped their vehicle.
