Rayshard Brooks should have been allowed to walk home instead of being shot by police, say family lawyers
ATLANTA - Relatives of Rayshard Brooks, many of them in tears, called for justice and"drastic change" in policing after a white Atlanta officer fatally shot the African-American man in the back, and the city's mayor called for a shake-up in the force.
"The trust that we have in the police force is broken. The only way to heal some of these wounds is through a conviction and a drastic change in the police department," she added. "We are going to take over the capitol every single day until they do their job," the Rev. James Woodall, president of the state NAACP civil rights group, told the crowd, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and other media reported.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms announced immediate reforms within the police department, including orders requiring police officers to de-escalate situations and requiring officers to intervene when they see a colleague using excessive force."It pissed me off, it makes me sad, it makes me frustrated and there's nothing I can say that will change what happened Friday.
President Donald Trump told reporters the shooting in Atlanta was"a terrible situation" and"very disturbing".The fatal encounter on Friday night began when police responded to a call Brooks had fallen asleep in his car in a Wendy's restaurant drive-through lane.
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