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That's when he was shot.The GBI released video from a Wendy's surveillance camera on Saturday afternoon.
10 Reasons Why Defunding Police Should Lead to Defunding WarOn Coronavirus and the Anti-Police-Brutality UprisingEmergency declared and National Guard deployed in Atlanta amid Black Lives Matter protests Not All Americans Celebrate the Birth of a Racist Slave Owning USA! Officers said the man, later identified as Brooks, failed a field sobriety test. Atlanta, GA – Surveillance footage from Wendy’s captured the moment that Rayshard Brooks turned around and fired a Taser at a police officer before the officer shot him. James Woodall, state president of the Georgia NAACP, told reporters Saturday that “this is not the first time a black man has been killed for sleeping.” He added that “while Atlanta is often called ‘the Black Mecca,’ the Atlanta Police Department has a continued history of antagonizing our communities.”Woodall stopped short of calling for Bottoms’ resignation, but said that it was her responsibility to ensure citizens have “the kind of police department the City of Atlanta deserves.” Woodall also called out the lack of public statements from the mayor’s office and police department as of early Saturday afternoon.Woodall said the Georgia NAACP has hired a private investigator and that a press conference would take place Tuesday morning.Stacey Abrams, a Georgia voting rights activist who ran for governor as a Democrat in 2018, took to Twitter Saturday to demand investigations and accountability in this case as well as broader reforms in local policing.
She declared: “Sleeping in a drive-thru must not end in death.”Brooks’ death added to the growing outrage over police violence toward people of color, particularly black Americans, that has fueled Saturday also saw demonstrations in other U.S. cities including Activists scuffled with police and protesters in London and Paris as more demonstrations unfolded across Europe in support of Black Lives Matter. The shooting happened late Friday night in the parking lot of the fast-food restaurant on University Avenue.The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Brooks, 27, was shot by an officer after he pointed a police Taser at one of the officers as he was running away from them.Brooks was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital where he later died, according to the GBI.Police had been called to the scene after reports of a man asleep at the wheel in the Wendy's drive-thru.
“These new videos indicate that during a physical struggle with officers, Brooks obtained one of the officer’s Tasers and began to flee from the scene. A person looks back as officials move closer during protests Saturday, June 13, 2020, near the Atlanta Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by police Friday evening following a struggle in the restaurant's drive-thru line in Atlanta.
All Rights Reserved. Officers pursued Brooks on foot and during the chase, Brooks turned and pointed the Taser at the officer. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)A Wendy's restaurant is on fire during protests on Saturday, June 13, 2020, where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by police Friday evening following a struggle in the restaurant's drive-thru line in Atlanta. At one point, Brooks turned and allegedly shot the stun gun at Rolfe who drew his service weapon from his holster and opened fire. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)"RIP Rayshard" is spray painted on a sign as as flames engulf a Wendy's restaurant during protests Saturday, June 13, 2020, in Atlanta. "It does appear in the video that he is fleeing from the Atlanta police officers, and as he's fleeing, he turns back over his shoulder with, what appears to the naked eye to be this Taser that witnesses told us they saw that belonged to one of the officers and as he turned, one of the Atlanta officers reached down to get his service weapon, and as he gets his weapon, Mr. Brooks turns his body away from him -- I presume to flee," Reynolds said. Bottoms announced during a … Authorities said the slain man had grabbed an officer's Taser, but was running away when he was shot.
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