After George Floyd's death, another black man was shot and killed in a police check in the United States. Now the police chief is resigning from Atlanta.
Update from Sunday, June 14, 2020, 9:02 a.m .: In response to the death of an African American from police shots in Atlanta , the chief of police of the US city has resigned. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the resignation of longtime police chief Erika Shields on Saturday. On Friday evening, 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was fatally injured in a police operation in Atlanta in front of a fast food restaurant. The incident sparked demonstrations against racist police violence in Atlanta.
According to the investigators, the police had been called to the fast food restaurant on Friday evening because the apparently drunk Brooks had fallen asleep in his car and blocked the entrance to the restaurant. Security camera images show that Brooks resisted his arrest, took a stun gun from the officer and threatened a police officer with it. An officer then shot at Brooks. The 27-year-old died shortly afterwards in a hospital in Atlanta . One of the police officers involved in the operation was also injured.
Afterwards, protesters set fire to the Wendy's fast food restaurant , in front of which Rayshard Brooks was shot, as reported by several agencies.
First report from Saturday, June 13, 2020, 7.43 p.m .: Atlanta - After the violent death of George Floyd , an African American was killed again by the police in the US city of Atlanta . According to initial knowledge, the man was shot by officials in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant.
After George Floyd's death in the US: Police shoot another black man in Atlanta
The state criminal investigation office GBI of the state of Georgia described the case on Friday evening (June 12, 2020 / local time) as follows: The police had been called to a fast food restaurant in whose queue a man had fallen asleep in a car. Other vehicles should have passed him. As a result, the 27-year-old man who was sitting in the car failed a sobriety test and should be taken into custody.
According to the daily Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the man was 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks . He comes from Atlanta, according to the report .
African American Rayshard Brooks shot dead after George Floyd's death: video to show police operation
According to the police, there was a fight during the police operation in Atlanta . "Witnesses report that the male subject seized the taser (a police officer) during the fight." In the fight for this electro-pulse device, which can be used to put suspects out of action, an official shot the African American with his pistol . He reportedly died in the hospital a short time later.
Atlanta police shot and killed a man last night in a Wendy's parking lot ... pic.twitter.com/KhyjfQSTn6
- BLACK (Hue) (@hxxxuexxx) June 13, 2020There was a video of about 30 seconds on Twitter, which is supposed to show the police operation. It has not yet been confirmed whether this is actually an authentic recording.
African-American police shot dead in Atlanta: massive protests in the United States after George Floyd's death
Since George Floyd's death in Minneapolis at the end of May, protests against police violence and racism have occurred in many cities in the United States. White police officer Derek Chauvin had pressed his knee into the neck of the man lying on the floor, despite repeated requests to let him breathe.
The police officer and three colleagues involved in the operation were released, arrested and charged. Floyd was arrested on suspicion of paying with a false $ 20 bill.
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