{"id":213803,"date":"2026-04-29T09:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T09:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/213803\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T09:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T09:17:09","slug":"georgia-cop-placed-on-leave-after-video-shows-him-body-slams-man-inside-lovejoy-walmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/213803\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia cop placed on leave after video shows him body slams man inside Lovejoy Walmart"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Georgia police officer was placed on administrative leave after he was captured picking up a man and slamming him to the ground inside a Walmart. <\/p>\n

The incident unfolded when police received a report of a man causing a disturbance inside the Walmart in Lovejoy, Ga. \u2014 about 20 miles outside Atlanta \u2014 at around 8 p.m. on Saturday, Lovejoy Police Chief Steve Wright told Fox 5 Atlanta<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 20-second distressing clip showed the officer holding the man\u2019s arms behind his back in the electronics section, exchanging words briefly before grabbing him around the chest, hoisting him into the air and slamming him to the ground.<\/p>\n

The man, whose identity has not been released, was then rushed to a nearby hospital and will not be facing any charges, Wright told the outlet.<\/p>\n

It remains unclear what condition the man was in after being taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n

A witness told Fox 5 Atlanta that the officer shocked everyone who watched the incident unfold.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe officer just lifted him up, and to everyone\u2019s surprise, BAM! Slammed him to the ground, and you could hear the impact to the floor,\u201d the witness, identified only as Ms. DeeDee, said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought he was dead, everybody thought he died, clocked out,\u201d she said, adding that she believes the cop should be fired over his use of force.<\/p>\n

\"AThe incident unfolded when police received a report of a man causing a disturbance inside the Walmart in Lovejoy, Ga., at around 8 p.m. on Saturday. FOX 5<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the Lovejoy Police Department said that the officer was placed on administrative leave \u201cpending investigation.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThe City of Lovejoy Police Department is aware of a video circulating on social media depicting an incident involving one of its officers at a Walmart location,\u201d officials said. \u201cThe video appears to show an officer engaged in a physical encounter with an individual whose hands appear to be positioned behind his back. The circumstances surrounding the incident are currently under review.<\/p>\n

Officials said that it has started an administrative review of the incident. <\/p>\n

\"TheThe clip showed the officer holding the man\u2019s arms behind his back in the electronics section, exchanging words briefly before grabbing him around the chest, hoisting him into the air and slamming him to the ground. FOX 5<\/p>\n

\u201cThe City of Lovejoy Police Department recognizes the community\u2019s interest in this matter and remains committed to transparency, accountability and public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

The probe will dig into incident reports, witness statements and departmental policies and training, the department said, promising \u201ca fair, objective, and timely review.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fluellyn also confirmed that the matter was being investigated.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want you to know that we are investigating the incident and will share the results of the investigation,\u201d she wrote. \u201cTransparency resides in Lovejoy!\u201d<\/p>\n

Chief Wright told Fox 5 Atlanta he anticipates concluding the internal investigation by the end of the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Georgia police officer was placed on administrative leave after he was captured picking up a man and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5348,9,11,10,104,14508,58,1688,14599],"class_list":["post-213803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-georgia","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-police","tag-police-brutality","tag-us-news","tag-viral-videos","tag-walmart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}