CNN reported that council members were discussing a possible police-oversight board in the wake of the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in nearby Ferguson, Missouri. The melee broke out after Jeff Roorda, the local police union's business manager, appeared to get into a confrontation with a woman, Cachet Currie, according to KMOV-TV.

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Currie said Roorda pushed her, but Roorda denied the claim.

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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