Atlanta police shooting: Rayshard Brooks death declared homicide
Posted on AllSides June 15th, 2020
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A medical examiner in Atlanta, Georgia, has declared the death of an African-American man to be homicide after he was shot in an encounter with police.
Rayshard Brooks died while fleeing from two white police officers in a restaurant car park late on Friday.
Protests erupted after his death, weeks after another black man, George Floyd, was killed in custody in Minneapolis.
Atlanta's police chief quit and the police officer suspected of shooting Mr Brooks was fired.
Following his death, the Wendy's drive-through restaurant where he was stopped was set...