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Video, a blocked highway, a burning fast food joint, and an officer fired: Atlanta erupts over police killing

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Demonstrators flooded south Atlanta Saturday night, protesting the deadly police shooting of Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy’s parking lot, temporarily blocking a major interstate highway and setting the fast food restaurant ablaze, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports. The police officer who fired the fatal shots, Garrett Rolfe, was fired late Saturday night, and Devin Bronsan, …

Police
June 13, 2020

Atlanta police chief steps down after fatal police shooting

Black Lives Matter protests focused on Atlanta Saturday as Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields tendered her resignation as chief, less than 24 hours after an Atlanta police officer shot and killed a man after he appeared to fire a Taser at him at a Wendy’s drive-thru. Rayshard Brooks, 27, had fallen asleep in his car …

Rayshard Brooks
Police
June 13, 2020

UPDATE: GBI releases surveillance footage of fatal police shooting at Wendy’s drive-thru

UPDATE: 5:26 p.m. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation posted footage Saturday afternoon from a surveillance camera at the Wendy’s restaurant in south Atlanta where Atlanta Police shot and killed a man in the parking lot. In this video, the scuffle between Rayshard Brooks and the officers takes place off camera. Brooks is seen running into …

Police
June 11, 2020

SEE IT: ‘I don’t care,’ cops says as ANOTHER dying man says he ‘can’t breathe’ while pinned down during arrest

Officials released bodycam footage Monday which shows last year’s arrest involving four Oklahoma police officers and a suspect who later died at a hospital. The Oklahoma City Police Department released May 20, 2019, footage showing the arrest of Derrick Scott, 42. Police Captain Larry Withrow said officers arrested Scott after receiving a call about a …

Police
June 10, 2020

Ex-cop charged in George Floyd’s death posts bail, leaves jail

One of four fired Minneapolis police officers accused in the death of George Floyd posted bail and left jail Wednesday afternoon, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Thomas Lane, 37, was released from Hennepin County jail just after 4 p.m., a spokesman for the sheriff’s office said. He had been held in lieu a $750,000 bail. …

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June 10, 2020

Breonna Taylor: Police release largely blank report on EMT’s death [Report]

The Louisville Metro Police Police Department released a four-page report on the death of EMT Breonna Taylor during a police raid, but the document contains surprisingly little information, some of it plainly wrong, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports. The report redacts Taylor’s address and date of birth, which were widely reported, and lists her injuries as …

Police
June 9, 2020

Breonna Taylor: Officer involved in EMT’s shooting death is accused of sexual assault while on duty [Report]

Kentucky officials said they plan to investigate sexual assault allegations made against an officer involved in the March 13 death of Breonna Taylor, an EMT who police reportedly shot multiple times while executing a no-knock warrant at the wrong apartment. Louisville Metro Police spokesperson Dwight Mitchell told People that the department’s Public Integrity Unit contacted …

Police
June 6, 2020

Cop charged in George Floyd’s death had criminal record before he was hired: Report

One of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd has a string of traffic violations and criminal charges before he was hired by the Minneapolis Police Department, Business Insider reports. Thomas Lane, 37, was on his fourth shift as a full-time police officer on May 25, when he and three …

Police
June 4, 2020

Bail set at up to $1M for 3 cops charged in George Floyd’s murder

The three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting the second-degree murder of George Floyd had their bail set Thursday at up to $1 million each. According to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Hennepin County District Court Judge Paul Scoggin set bail for Thomas Lane, 37, J. Alexander Kueng, 26, and Tou Thao, 34, at …

Police
June 3, 2020

BREAKING: All four Floyd cops charged

Three additional officers at scene of George Floyd’s killing to face criminal charges as jailed officer sees upgraded murder charge [Report]

Police
June 3, 2020

VIDEO: Police claim newly-released footage shows David McAtee shooting at officers first

Authorities released surveillance footage Tuesday of what they say shows a black business owner shoot at the Kentucky National Guard and police before they returned fire, killing him. The Louisville Metro Police Department released two videos, one taken outside of McAtee’s Yaya’s BBQ Shack, and the other from an adjacent business. According to NPR, police …