Protests Engulf Atlanta after Cops Killed another Black Man

By Staff, Agencies

A wave of public outrage in Atlanta over the police killing of black man, Rayshard Brooks, has escalated into riots, with protesters blocking streets and setting fire to a Wendy’s restaurant where the fatal shooting took place.

The resignation of Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields and Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ call for the “immediate termination of the officer” who killed Brooks failed to quell the protests which turned violent on Saturday night.

A massive crowd of protesters shut down I-75/85 at University Avenue, marching towards the parking lot of the fast food restaurant where the Friday shooting took place.

Apparently holding Wendy’s partially responsible for the fatal incident, protesters torched the drive-through, which is located “dangerously close” to a gas station.

The fatal police-involved shooting triggered a new round of protests over police racism and extrajudicial killings.

Since George Floyd’s death in a botched chokehold arrest attempt in May in Minneapolis, protests over police brutality and racial inequality have swept across all major US cities.