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Photos: Protesters demand justice for teens killed in trooper crash

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — Tori Strickland, left, and Bailee Ray, right, protest a Carroll County grand jury's decision on Feb. 17, 2016, not to indict former state trooper Anthony James Scott, who was involved in a September 2015 crash that killed Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16, both students at South Paulding High School. Strickland is Lindsey's cousin. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — The memorial at the site where former state trooper Anthony James Scott was involved in crash that killed two teenage girls. A grand jury decided on Feb. 17, 2016, that Scott won't face charges. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — People gather to protest the decision not to indict former state trooper Anthony James Scott, who was involved in a September 2015 crash that killed two teenage girls. A grand jury decided on Feb. 17, 2016, not to indict Scott. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — A protester carries a board with photos of Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16, both students at South Paulding High School who were killed in a September 2015 car crash involving former state trooper Anthony James Scott. A grand jury decided on Feb. 17, 2016, not to indict Scott. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — Stephanie Durham protests a grand jury's decision not to indict former state trooper Anthony James Scott, who was involved in a crash that killed Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16, both students at South Paulding High School. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — Protesters demand justice for Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16, both of South Paulding High School, who were killed in September 2015 in a car crash involving former state trooper Anthony James Scott. A grand jury decided on Feb. 17, 2016, not to indict Scott. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — Tori Carpenter (left), a high school student, demands justice for Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — Sierra Scott (left) and Lainey Ray (right), both students at South Paulding High School, lead protesters in a chant demanding justice for their friends and schoolmates, Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16, who were killed in a September 2015 car crash involving a state trooper. A grand jury decided on Feb. 17, 2016, not to indict the trooper, who was fired following the fatal wreck. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — Protesters demand justice for Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16. A grand jury decided on Feb. 17, 2016, that former state trooper Anthony James Scott will not face charges for his involvement in the September 2015 car crash that killed the girls. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — A person holds up a sign showing support for the protesters demanding justice for Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16, who were killed in a September 2015 car crash involving former state trooper Anthony James Scott. A grand jury decided on Feb. 17, 2016, not to indict Scott. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — A cross at the site where Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16, were killed in a car crash involving former state trooper Anthony James Scott. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — Bailee Ray, a student at South Paulding High, holds a photo of Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, who was killed in a September 2015 car crash involving former state trooper Anthony James Scott. Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16, was also killed in the crash. A grand jury decided on Feb. 17, 2016, that Scott will not face charges. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — Mayris Tatum (right), a family friend of the Chinchillas, and Brenda Lawson (left), a family friend of the Lindseys, hold a sign protesting a grand jury's Feb. 17th decision not to indict former state trooper Anthony James Scott in the September 2015 crash that killed Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16, both students at South Paulding High School. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — Protesters demand justice for the two teenage girls killed in a September 2015 car crash involving former state trooper Anthony James Scott. A grand jury decided on Feb. 17, 2016, that Scott will not face charges. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — Protesters demand justice for Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16, who were killed in a car crash involving former state trooper Anthony James Scott. A grand jury decided on Feb. 17, 2016, not to indict Scott in the September 2015 wreck. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — Sierra Scott, a student at South Paulding High School, protests a grand jury decision not to indict former state trooper Anthony James Scott, who was involved in a crash that killed Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16, both students at South Paulding High. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — Jacob Roberts, a junior at South Paulding High School, protests the decision not to indict the former state trooper who was involved in a crash that killed Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16, both students at South Paulding High. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

February 19, 2016 Carrollton — Tori Carpenter, a high school student, writes a note to Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16, students of South Paulding High School who were killed in a September 2015 car crash involving former state trooper Anthony James Scott. A Carroll County grand jury decided on Feb. 17, 2016, not to indict Scott. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

Anthony Scott was fired from the Georgia State Patrol in October 2015. (Photo: Georgia State Patrol)

Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16, died from their injuries following a September crash in Carroll County. Both attended South Paulding High School. (Photo: Channel 2 Action News)

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February 19, 2016 Carrollton — Tori Strickland, left, and Bailee Ray, right, protest a Carroll County grand jury's decision on Feb. 17, 2016, not to indict former state trooper Anthony James Scott, who was involved in a September 2015 crash that killed Kylie Hope Lindsey, 17, and Isabella Alise Chinchilla, 16, both students at South Paulding High School. Strickland is Lindsey's cousin. TAYLOR CARPENTER / TAYLOR.CARPENTER@AJC.COM

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