On Friday night in Atlanta, we witnessed an all-too-familiar scene in the age of viral video. A bystander used a cellphone to capture video of two cops engaged in a violent struggle on the ground with a noncompliant suspect.
Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year old black man, apparently fell asleep at the wheel in a Wendy’s drive-thru lane. After a citizen’s complaint call, two Atlanta Police Department officers were dispatched and encountered Brooks, who was now parked in the lot. A field sobriety test raised reasonable suspicion of Brooks being under the influence of alcohol or narcotics.
The cops then performed their sworn duty to enforce the law and attempted to take Brooks into custody. A violent, sustained struggle ensues. Brooks then grabs an officer’s Taser and attempts to flee on foot. Both officers give chase. Wendy’s security camera footage released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation picks up the pursuit and clearly shows Brooks wheel around and appears to fire the Taser at the closest officer, less than 10 feet away.
In a split second, the targeted officer appears to duck, collides with a parked vehicle, switches his own Taser to the other hand, draws his sidearm, and fires at Brooks, leaving him mortally wounded on the pavement.
Many in the media erroneously reported this as yet another “unarmed” black man killed by police. That description is wholly inaccurate and dangerous.
Protesters, already energized by the inexcusable death of George Floyd, descended upon the Wendy’s where Brooks was killed and set it ablaze. Cars were set afire. Demonstrators shut down traffic on I-75. Atlanta Police Department Chief Erika Shields submitted her resignation, which Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance-Bottoms immediately accepted. The officer who fired the fatal shot was denied due process and immediately fired. His partner was reassigned to “administrative duty.”
Continue read from the Washington Examiner HERE
Don’t physically attack police officers or try to take their gun, and you reduce your chances of getting shot by them to practically zero. #AtlantaShooting pic.twitter.com/J03ToHuPad
— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) June 13, 2020
Protesters in Atlanta burned down a Wendy’s restaurant where a black man was shot dead by police https://t.co/KSlSqVAwp2 pic.twitter.com/JiCHi0n9gY
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 14, 2020
The police officer who used deadly force to defend his life, his partner's life, and the public safety has been fired by the leftists running Atlanta. This firing is a corrupt act that will undermine the public safety in deadly ways, not only in Atlanta but across America. https://t.co/kT6tmhD2ag
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) June 14, 2020
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