Atlanta's police chief has resigned less than 24 hours after a white police officer shot and killed Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old blackAtlanta's police chief has resigned less than 24 hours after a white police officer shot and killed Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old black man, outside a fast-food restaurant on Friday. A police spokesman also said the officer who shot Brooks had been fired.
By Saturday night, protesters had blocked roads and an interstate near the restaurant, a Wendy’s, and apparently set it on fire, according to news reports, with police firing tear gas and flash grenades to try to disperse the crowd.
The authorities say Brooks had fallen asleep in his vehicle at a Wendy’s drive-through. He was shot after grabbing a Taser from an officer, they said. His family has disputed the police account.
“While there may be debate as to whether this was an appropriate use of deadly force, I firmly believe that there is a clear distinction between what you can do and what you should do,” Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta said. “I do not believe that this was a justified use of deadly force.”
~nytimes
Atlanta, Georgia
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