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Atlanta police shooting death of Rayshard Brooks roils city
Atlanta Journal Constitution ^ | June 13, 2020 | J. Scott Trubey, Vanessa McCray, and Arielle Kass

Posted on 06/13/2020 7:11:02 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17

Atlanta police shot and killed a black man late Friday night following a struggle outside a Wendy’s restaurant on the city’s southside, in an incident that inflamed tensions over police use of force and racial injustice that have roiled Atlanta and cities across the nation since the Memorial Day death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis.

Video of the shooting of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks, who had allegedly fallen asleep in his car and blocked the restaurant’s drive-through, went viral across social media. Protesters marching for a third weekend in Atlanta for justice for Floyd and other black men and women killed by police quickly demanded a full investigation Saturday of the Brooks shooting, and the Georgia NAACP called for the termination of Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: anothergoldcoffin; atlanta; blm; callingmrcrump; devinbrosan; erikashields; fultoncounty; garrettrolfe; georgia; getthewagonrhett; keishalancebottoms; lootingatlanta; naacp; paulhoward; police; rayshardbrooks; shooting; taser; tomorrowisanotherday; wendys
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To: yldstrk
Thank you. Finally a rational voice joining my rational voice.

....or, you and some of the other inmates have taken over the asylum and now have access to their computers and wifi network.

181 posted on 06/13/2020 8:24:59 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: nutmeg

demographics is destiny and you can’t have a whole generation or two NOT BREEDING and expect our culture to continue...it won’t....at this point I’d rather have the Latinos become the majority....why?...because they’re not somalian muzzies and the Latino heritage is extensive in this country....


182 posted on 06/13/2020 8:25:26 PM PDT by cherry
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To: yldstrk

Nope, I am right. Most of everybody is sick of the killing.


did you hear about the other 5000 episodes/arrests this weekend so far?

you know the ones that nobody was killed because they didn’t try and fight the police and shoot tasers at them?

I’m sure many of those episodes even started with people just falling asleep in their cars

did you hear anything about all those episodes?


183 posted on 06/13/2020 8:25:35 PM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: edie1960

Al (race baiter) Sharpton is going to be real busy.


184 posted on 06/13/2020 8:26:06 PM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.for corruptiion)
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To: Secret Agent Man

I think he fired a taze at the policemen...


185 posted on 06/13/2020 8:26:29 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Texas Eagle

I REALLY hate to say it, but CNN actually has better coverage. I hate CNN, but when they are better, they are better.


186 posted on 06/13/2020 8:27:01 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (What profits a man if he gains the world but loses his soul?)
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To: Tennessee Nana

seriously, did you not read my post?


187 posted on 06/13/2020 8:27:30 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: nutmeg
Where to go?? Poland?
If I decided to leave and were younger, I'd try for Australia. But Australia does it properly. Not just anyone is accepted for residence.
188 posted on 06/13/2020 8:27:34 PM PDT by citizen (Women are from Venus and Men are from Mars. A,ll the other genders you make up are from Uranus.)
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To: Repeal 16-17
Our enemies are watching this and probably having a great laugh at The Great Satan.

RT @RT_com

Protesters TORCH Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was killed by Atlanta cops (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

11:04 PM · Jun 13, 2020

189 posted on 06/13/2020 8:27:44 PM PDT by McGruff
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To: peggybac

It’s so interesting I’ve heard several news people tonight misreporting. We are mostly watching this local here outside of Atlanta. Turned to Fox and Leland is a little over excited. Even now they’re almost inciting. Yeah. It’s stomach turning. They love this if you ask me.


190 posted on 06/13/2020 8:28:28 PM PDT by BlueHorseShoe
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To: eyedigress

He’s been on Facebook too long.

This situation is completely different from Minneapolis.

The guy in Atlanta was violent He was emboldened by all the bs the last couple of weeks.

This is how it works. Don’t resist arrest and don’t start violence against a cop and you’ll live to talk about your day.


191 posted on 06/13/2020 8:29:00 PM PDT by HollyB
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To: dfwgator
"I’m beginning the process of divorcing myself from this society. There’s very little about this country today that makes me proud"

I'm pretty much with you...I decided a while back to stop following pop culture....

I am not very proud of our older people during this covid...many very selfish MeMeME elders...as opposed to our WW2 generation who sacrificed everything so they could give us the best of life....

and then there's the people who refuse to seek out a marriage partner and refuse to bear children, which is a God given command...

192 posted on 06/13/2020 8:30:18 PM PDT by cherry
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To: montag813

I think it might be a good idea for you to actually view the video so you won’t embarrass yourself.


193 posted on 06/13/2020 8:30:23 PM PDT by BlueHorseShoe
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To: nutmeg

New Zealand is socialist with a stupid liberal PM...

Fat to fire...

They think only white people are racist ...they deny that blacks kill other blacks and white people...

They think that everyone but white people are victims of racism ....


194 posted on 06/13/2020 8:30:48 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: HollyB

My problem is people think it is a race issue.

I attack 2 cops, take a taser, run away and turn to shoot, I’m a dead man.

Color does not have one thing to do with it.


195 posted on 06/13/2020 8:31:21 PM PDT by eyedigress (Joe, put your mask on!)
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To: Repeal 16-17

Bolton should have called his book “The Wendy’s where it happened.“


196 posted on 06/13/2020 8:31:30 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: montag813

Who got shot in the back?


197 posted on 06/13/2020 8:32:04 PM PDT by Jrabbit
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To: Toespi
Bull$hit. For someone “passed out” he certainly rose to the occasion in record time. He was completely alert, highly combative, purposely evasive and had full coordination. He was a danger to anyone near him.

Everyone near him was going AROUND him to get their food. There wasn't any real danger until the cops arrived, and as is so often the case these days, needlessly escalate the situation into deadly violence.

You seriously support these homocidal retards? I lived in NYC for years. The NYPD are some of the dumbest morons on Earth. But boy if you so much as disagree with them, their Brown Shirt side comes out in a hurry.

198 posted on 06/13/2020 8:32:33 PM PDT by montag813
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To: BlueHorseShoe
I think it might be a good idea for you to actually view the video so you won’t embarrass yourself.

How does a cop get a Taser taken away from them? Pathetic.

199 posted on 06/13/2020 8:33:16 PM PDT by montag813
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To: montag813

“EXACTLY. This is the damned problem! How does a drunk dude asleep in his car get shot dead in the back by police? It should NEVER happen. There was no problem before they arrived”

They would not have arrived if someone hadn’t called saying there was a problem. Like a black out drunk / druggies car blocking Wendy’s from being able to provide for there customers. Did he deserve to die most likely not. But had no one done anything like make the original call and this clown comes too drives off and kills a family in his car would you feel better about the situation.


200 posted on 06/13/2020 8:33:58 PM PDT by DAC21
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