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Good Day Atlanta viewer information for February 15, 2023

Acclaimed director Kenny Leon is taking his production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "A Soldier's Play" on tour -- and yes, it's coming to Atlanta.

DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison and Congressman Mondaire Jones react to the President Biden's State of the Union remarks.

Annual scholarship breakfast celebrated living legends and Wilson scholars

Updated 41 mins ago NBCUniversal, Inc. History has been made at the Mesquite Police Department with its first Black Sergeant since the department was founded in 1952. Growing up to become a police officer was not in the plans for Sergeant Torrey Rhone. “I grew up in Los Angeles in the 80s and 90s and, you know, it was a very tumultuous time. I lived through Latasha Harlins being killed at the liquor store. I lived through the Rodney King incident. I lived through the 92 riots,” said Rhone. ...

Didnt they start giving him cpr? >> when he said i cant breathe eleven times, why didnt the cop -- he was not resisting -- >> let me -- hang on, hang on. i want to shock him. >> female black sergeant, if that was a racial event -- >> hang on. i want to shock you by saying i agree in this sense. it is outrageous to me. you know what the cops what his wife said when she said it wasnt racial. do you know what they called him? the cigarette man. do you know what they called her? mrs. cigarette man. ...

Didnt they start giving him cpr? >> when he said i cant breathe eleven times, why didnt the cop -- he was not resisting -- >> let me -- hang on, hang on. i want to shock him. >> female black sergeant, if that was a racial event -- >> hang on. i want to shock you by saying i agree in this sense. it is outrageous to me. you know what the cops what his wife said when she said it wasnt racial. do you know what they called him? the cigarette man. do you know what they called her? mrs. cigarette man. ...

>> let me get a point on this. >> i would say youre right. we used to have night sticks. used to bring behind the guys neck, you could choke a guy out. >> this is a nonviolent guy. >> a cop in the bias case went to jail for choking a guy to death. you cant choke, youre dead, you cant breathe. when those medics got there, why didnt they start giving him cpr? >> when he said i cant breathe eleven times, why didnt the cop -- he was not resisting -- >> let me -- hang on, hang on. i want to shock him...