A press conference for the family of Rayshard Brooks ended abruptly in Atlanta Monday as relatives were overcome with grief three days after the 27-year-old black man was shot and killed by a white police officer during a traffic stop at a Wendy's restaurant.
A press conference by the family of Rayshard Brooks ended abruptly in Atlanta as relatives were overcome with grief, three days after the 27-year-old black man was shot and killed Friday night by a white police officer after a tussle in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant.
"I'm really not sure what else America needs to see," Stewart said, calling Brooks's death a"rerun of George Floyd."Brooks is the latest in a string of African-Americans, many young men, killed by police or vigilantes in confrontations recorded on video. Police said he failed a sobriety test. After he reportedly offered to leave his car and walk home, Brooks allegedly resisted arrest, grabbed a Taser from an officer and ran. According to a statement from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Brooks pointed the Taser at an officer, identified as Garrett Rolfe, who opened fire and fatally shot him in the back. Rolfe was fired. The other responding officer, Devin Brosnan, was placed on administrative leave.
"One of our biggest fears became our reality," said Chastity Evans, Brooks's niece."Not only did we lose another black unarmed male, this time it landed on our front doorstep."
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