Demonstration in front of a Wendy’s in Atlanta on June 13, 2020, after the death of a black man shot by a police officer during an attempted arrest. — Ben Gray/AP/SIPA
The head of the police Atlanta resigned after a police officer fatally wounded a suspect during an attempted arrest, announced on Saturday that the mayor of this city in the south of United States. Hundreds of protesters gathered in the evening of Saturday in front of the restaurant where the incident occurred, who was set on fire, report of the local media.
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW!
The @Wendys where #RaychardBrooks was shot and killed is still burning.@wsbtv pic.twitter.com/aohU0qJmaG— Audrey Washington (@AudreyWSBTV) June 14, 2020
The mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms, whose name has been advanced as a possible colistière of the democratic party Joe Biden for the presidential election in Novembersaid in announcing the resignation that Erika Shields had directed the police to Atlanta for over 20 years. “Because of his desire that Atlanta is a model of what meaningful reform should be across the country, Erika Shields has submitted her immediate resignation of police chief “, said the mayor’s statements on television.
Asleep in his car at the drive-in a fast food
The incident occurred Friday night in Atlanta, the capital of the State of Georgia. They occur at a time when many demonstrations against the police violence that have been held for weeks in the United States and in other countries, following the death of George Floyd, an African-American who was asphyxiated by a police officer in Minneapolis, in the north of the United States.
A black man identified as Rayshard Brooks, 27 years old, was asleep in his car on the driveway of the drive-in a fast-food restaurant, and employees of the establishment called the police because it was blocking the customers, according to an official report. The man was alcoholic, and resisted when the police wanted to arrest him, the report says the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
The police officer removed
Images from surveillance video show “that during a physical struggle with the officers, Brooks grabbed the Taser from one of the officers and fled,” according to the report. “Officers pursued Brooks in the foot and during the pursuit Brooks turned around and pointed the Taser toward the officer. The officer used his weapon, hitting Brooks “, indicates the document. Brooks was transported to a hospital and was operated on but he died shortly after, said the report, which adds that an agent was injured.
The mayor, who took the floor after protesters took to the streets of Atlanta to protest against the death of Rayshard Brooks, said that the officer who had carried out the fatal shooting should be removed.
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