Rayshard Brooks death by police shooting at Wendy's parking lot video

[viking]

Rayshard Brooks death by police shooting at a Wendy's parking lot video.


Watch this dashcam and officer mounted camera video tell me what you think happened here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhdpG2XzRXQ

[TheButcher]

It was rather long and what i gathered is the victim was some what drunk, no other way to explain him sleeping in a car while at the Wendy's drive thru lane. The deceased Mr Rayshard seemed a very co-operative and friendly person. The 2 cops at the scene were also acting professionally and with respect.

Mr Rayshard kept forgetting where he was and what he had to drink that day, plus being asleep in his car and how he got to the drive thru tells me he had a few to drink. That said when things went wrong in my opinion is when he grabbed the officers taser and started running. Why he did that after being so co-operative till that point is a mystery to me. Was shooting the man really necessary I don;t know what goes through an officers mind in those situations, but it seems too much to me form what I saw in the video.

The sad part is a man is dead.

[TheButcher]

Forgot to mention, burning down the Wendy's was absolutely uncalled for. Damaging property does not lead to dead people coming back. Peaceful protests I am 100% for. Violence and damaging property not for at all, it only goes to chow why we need more cops out there not less.

Oh while on my rant I am not in favour of defunding or reducing the cops out there. If you look at all the e and mayhem that has occurred lately we need more cops to keep the peace not less. That said I do believe cops need better training and dules on when to use deadly force.

Peace

[shoopa]

Running away from any cop trying to arrest you is not going to go well. Taking his weapon or taser is definitely asking for a not so happy ending. Turning around with his weapon or taser in your hand is a total disaster waiting to happen.

[bitini]

The officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks has been charged.


" (AP) — The Atlanta officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in the back after the fleeing man pointed a stun gun in his direction will be charged with felony murder and 10 other charges, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Garrett Rolfe kicked Brooks while he lay on the ground and the officer with him, Devin Brosnan, stood on Brooks' shoulder as he struggled for life after a confrontation Friday night, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said at a news conference.

“Mr Brooks was running away at the time the shot was fired," Howard said.

Brosnan, who is being charged with aggravated assault, is cooperating with prosecutors in the case and has given testimony as a state's witness, according to Howard, who said it's the first time in 40 such cases where an officer has come forward to do this.

Rolfe had already been fired after he fatally shot Brooks, 27, on Friday night. Brosnan, who will be charged with aggravated assault and other crimes, had been placed on administrative leave.

Brooks’ widow, Tomika Miller, attended the news conference along with her lawyers, Justin Miller and L. Chris Stewart.

The news came as Republicans on Capitol Hill unveiled a package of police reform measures and the movement to get rid of Confederate movements and other racially offensive symbols reached America’s breakfast table, with the maker of Aunt Jemima syrup and pancake mix dropping the 131-year-old brand.

The shooting sparked new demonstrations in Georgia’s capital against police brutality, after occasionally turbulent protests in response to George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis had largely simmered down. Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields resigned less than 24 hours after Brooks died.

Police were called to a Wendy’s fast food restaurant over complaints of a car blocking the drive-thru lane. An officer found Brooks asleep behind the wheel of the car and called for another officer to do field sobriety testing.

Police body camera video shows Brooks and officers having a relatively calm and respectful conversation for more than 40 minutes before things rapidly turned violent. Brooks wrestled with officers, snatched one of their stun guns and turned and pointed it at one of them as he ran through the parking lot.

An autopsy found that Brooks was shot twice in the back."



https://www.yahoo.com/news/atlanta-awai ... 34258.html

[fantastico]

It did not have to end that way had he not taken the taser and run away. My 1 cent.

[vblogger]

all left to say is rest in peace.