In Instagram post, teen asks people to shoot officers involved in viral fight video, police say

ATLANTA — Atlanta police have arrested a teenager accused of making death threats online against two officers who were seen on a viral video exchanging punches with a suspect during a drug arrest on July 10.

Sadrious Brown, 18, was arrested on a felony charge of terroristic threats.

Channel 2's Michael Seiden obtained the arrest warrant Friday that accuses Brown of making the deadly threat on his Instagram page.

The court document states that Brown was arrested after posting a photo of two officers dressed in Atlanta Proactive Enforcement and Interdiction, or APEX, uniforms with a caption that read, “If you see these two sho(o)t at them."

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The threat, which is no longer posted online, was directed at two officers who were seen on a viral video exchanging punches with a suspect following a chase and crash on July 9.

Sources told Seiden that Brown was one of the witnesses who filmed the altercation. Seiden stopped by the address listed for Brown on the warrant, but no one was home.

A spokesman for the Atlanta Police Department told Seiden that, as soon as they determined that Brown had made the threatening posts, he was arrested and booked into the Fulton County jail.

Sources told Channel 2 Action News that investigators from the Department of Homeland Security are now looking into the reported threats.

When Seiden asked about the investigation, a spokesman responded with the following statement:

“Per agency policy I’m not able to confirm the existence or absence of any specific investigation until if/when such investigation results in criminal charges being filed. That being said, in general, I don’t dispute the general premise that Homeland Security Investigations would be aware of such an incident. I will also say, again generally not specific to any instance, that we’ve seen an increase in threats of violence toward our own personnel recently and these threats are also taken seriously and appropriately investigated.”

The NAACP of Atlanta took to Twitter on Friday night to thank Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields for meeting with its members after video of the brawl between Atlanta police officers and a suspect went viral.

The NAACP also tweeted that the officer involved in the video had been placed on administrative leave and Internal Affairs is investigating the incident.

The Police Department confirmed that the sergeant had been placed on administrative assignment pending the outcome of the investigation. It also said the investigation is still open and confirmed the meeting between the NAACP and Shields.

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