Atlanta police Chief Erika Shields said in an email to employees late Tuesday that multiple law enforcement agencies immediately stopped assisting the department during the ongoing protests because Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced criminal charges against six officers involved in an arrest Saturday.

Atlanta, like cities across the country, has experienced continued unrest over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police.

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