Council fires officer accused of ramming teen-agers

KINGSTON - The city council of this Bartow County town has fired a reserve police officer accused of chasing a group of teen-agers in his private car through Cartersville, finally striking the vehicle and causing it to spin out. <br> <br> The decision on Officer Kirk Burrell came at the council&#39;s regular meeting Monday after a long debate in closed session. <br> <br> Burrell, 28, of Taylorsville, was charged with reckless conduct, aggressive driving and reckless driving following the March 28 incident. <br> <br> Burrell, who was off-duty and not in uniform, allegedly forced the teen-age driver to the ground at gunpoint, handcuffing him, according to Georgia State Patrol reports.

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