ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A longtime Georgia prosecutor who resigned last month has announced that the officers involved in six separate shootings, five of them fatal, won’t be criminally charged. News outlets report former District Attorney Ken Mauldin announced the results of his review of the Athens-Clarke County police shootings Wednesday. They included the killings of Aaron Hong, who was seen on police video rushing at officers with a knife, and Thomas Swinford, who charged at officers with what police later learned was an airsoft gun. A departmental review determined none of the officers violated police policy.

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