Outrage over the death of Rayshard Brooks continued on a rain-soaked Sunday in Georgia’s capital city, with demonstrators returning to the burnt-out …
Outrage over the death of Rayshard Brooks continued on a rain-soaked Sunday in Georgia’s capital city, with demonstrators returning to the burnt-out shell of the fast-food restaurant where he was shot by a now-fired police officer.
Brooks’ death is the latest of a Black person at the hands of police in a country still reeling from the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, both of which have sparked nationwide protests against racial inequality and police brutality.
His death was ruled a homicide on Sunday night by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office, caused by two gunshots wounds to the back.
“They are killing us every day,” said Kenyah Farley, who was among the small group of protesters who marched to the Georgia State Capitol, where there is a prominent statue of a Confederate soldier John Brown Gordon. “Not just in the streets but in the prisons, too…. I don’t want to see another man dead on the street because he was drunk at a freaking Wendys.”
‘It’s got to be the culture’: Atlanta officer fired, video released in shooting of Rayshard Brooks
Brooks,27, was shot by an officer late Friday outside of a Wendy’s after police responded to a call about him being asleep in his car in the drive-thru lane.
