After George Floyd's death in the United States, a black man is shot dead by a police officer in front of a fast-food restaurant in Atlanta. A day later he wanted to celebrate his daughter's birthday.
- Another African American is killed by a police officer in the United States after Geoerge Floyd's death
- It is the 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks from Atlanta
- A video shows the incident
+++ Update from June 15, 2020, 6:00 a.m .: The medical examination showed what the first video had already shown clearly: Rayshard Brooks was killed by two police bullets that hit him in the back.
Rayshard Brooks dies: Police officers' bodycams show new video footage
Now the video recordings of the body cams of both police officers have been published. It can be seen there that the law enforcement officers talk to Brooks for almost 30 minutes before he tries to escape arrest and flees. It also becomes clear that the police officers first ask Brooks whether he has a weapon with him, which he denies, and then scan him.
The US news channel CNN had the new video recordings from Atlanta analyzed by Charles Ramsey, former chief of police in Philadelphia. Ramsey concludes: "You [the police officers] knew that he was not armed. According to the law, however, you have to be sure that there is a danger to life for you or for others before you can use your weapon. ”However, the police officers had not been in mortal danger - not even from the taser that Brooks had stolen from a police officer .
The family lawyer and representatives of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), the largest civil rights movement for blacks in the United States, agree : The two police officers who were responsible for the shooting of Rayshard Brooks were supposed to have been convicted of murder to be accused. "It is really difficult to be threatened with death by someone running away from you," said one lawyer.
US Seantor: Death of Rayshard Brooks less clear than death of George Floyd
+++ 18.09 clock: The police operation in Atlanta , as a result of which the African American Rayshard Brooks died, is, according to the Republican US Senator Tim Scott, less easy to assess than the killing of the African American George Floyd. "This situation is certainly far less clear than the one we saw with George Floyd and several others in the country," said the Republican on Sunday (June 14, 2020) to CBS News.
The question was what the police officer should have done after the suspect fired an electroshock gun at him on Friday night in Atlanta. Scott stressed the need for police officers to be trained so that they could make such decisions in a split second.
Schwarzer killed by US police in Atlanta: Rayshard Brooks wanted to celebrate with his daughter a day later
+++ 5.41 p.m .: The African American Rayshard Brooks , who was shot by the police in the US metropolis Atlanta , wanted to celebrate his daughter's birthday a day later. This is reported by the news channel CNN. According to the family lawyer, the daughter in her birthday dress was waiting for her father to go skating with him on Saturday morning (June 13, 2020 / local time), but the family never got there.
The day before Brooks was shot, he was still spending time with his daughter, the lawyer told the broadcaster.
African-Americans shot dead by police in Atlanta: protesters set fire to restaurant
+++ 12.58 p.m .: The death of another African American by police violence has further fueled the anti-racism protests in the United States. Hundreds of protesters took to the streets on Saturday in Atlanta, Georgia, according to local media reports, and set fire to the fast food restaurant before which the incident occurred. Atlanta's chief of police stepped down on 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks after the fatal police shots. US President Donald Trump made no mention of the current protests during a performance at the West Point Military Academy. The official who fired the shots at Brooks was released on Saturday, the AFP news agency reports. Another police officer involved was transferred to the administration, according to ABC News.
Black man killed by Atlanta police officer - protesters set fire to fast-food restaurant
+++ 11.10 clock: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms demanded the dismissal of the policeman who had shot the 27 year old Rayshard Brooks . Police chief Shields offered her "immediate" resignation, the politician of the democratic party said. Shields hopes that Atlanta will be a "role model for those sensible reforms" that should occur nationwide after the many incidents of police violence in the United States. The police chief had been on duty for more than 20 years.
Update from Sunday, June 14, 2020, 9:02 a.m .: In response to the death of an African American due to police violence in Atlanta , the police chief 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.
Police violence in the US continues: Another black man was killed by the police
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's police force, 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 United States: police shoot blacks 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 .
Rayshard Brooks shot dead after George Floyd's death: video to show police violence in Atlanta
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. Witnesses speak of police violence.
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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