Police officers fired
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Two police officers in the Gwinnett County Police Department have been fired over two videos showing them using unnecessary and excessive force on African-American suspects during routine traffic stops. One victim was kicked in the head while handcuffed.

On Wednesday, a video posted to the Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta Facebook page shows officer Robert McDonald of the Gwinnett County Police Department (GCPD) repeatedly kicking a handcuffed suspect in the face.



Then, on Thursday, another video was posted to the same Facebook page showed Michael Bongiovanni, another officer with the GCPD, pulling a suspect out of a car, holding a weapon to his face and punching him.

On Thursday, the GCPD announced that MacDonald and Bongiovanni were both fired as a result of the incidents and that investigations were launched into both officers, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

At a press conference on Thursday, Chief of Police Butch Ayers called the videos "embarrassing."

"I'm literally sick about it," he added.