Police chief Shields had worked for Atlanta's police department for more than two decades. She resigned after 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was killed outside a Wendy's restaurant on Saturday.
A Pakistani artist puts the final touches on a mural of George Floyd, the African American whose killing by a white police officer has ignited protests against racism around the world
Images on local media showed hundreds of protesters in the streets on Saturday and flames engulfing the Wendy’s restaurant where 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was killed. Wendy’s employees called police on Friday night to complain that Brooks was asleep in his car and blocking other customers on the premises, an official report said.
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