ATLANTA - Relatives of Rayshard Brooks, many of them in tears, called for justice and"drastic change" in policing after a white Atlanta officer fatally shot the African-American man in the back, and the city's mayor called for a shake-up in the force.
"The trust that we have in the police force is broken. The only way to heal some of these wounds is through a conviction and a drastic change in the police department," she added. "We are going to take over the capitol every single day until they do their job," the Rev. James Woodall, president of the state NAACP civil rights group, told the crowd, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and other media reported.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms announced immediate reforms within the police department, including orders requiring police officers to de-escalate situations and requiring officers to intervene when they see a colleague using excessive force."It pissed me off, it makes me sad, it makes me frustrated and there's nothing I can say that will change what happened Friday.
President Donald Trump told reporters the shooting in Atlanta was"a terrible situation" and"very disturbing".The fatal encounter on Friday night began when police responded to a call Brooks had fallen asleep in his car in a Wendy's restaurant drive-through lane.
A black male middle school kid tells a female white teacher to fuck off. The punishment, the teacher is told you need to understand your students better. This is true in today’s world! BLM but not to them.
Or 'hey ya made a mistake, get in the car, we will take you home and deal with this tomorrow'
If that’s what people really think when they watch the video. Then they don’t need police protection. Police should start contacting their services in neighborhoods. They could make more money and those that don’t want them, don’t have to have them.
All he had to do was not go back to sleep after they woke him up the first time
Exactly! Or just call a cab...wait...put him in it...and push the car into the parking lot...Darn!!!
He was shot coz he took the electrical pistol from the Cops which he aimed at them while trying to escape
Make a hero out of another criminal
Asleep in your car: Not a Capital (death sentence) crime! Arguing with a cop: Not a Capital crime. Trying to tazer a cop: Not a Capital crime. Running from cops: Not a Capital crime. Why is it cops respond to all situations with lethal force? They don't care. DefundThePolice
The family attorney is stupid too.