White Atlanta Cop Fatally Shoots Black Man Posing No Imminent Threat as He Fled on Foot in Wendy’s Parking Lot. Partial Video Shows Cops at Least 30 ft Away When Gunned Down
/There was a Struggle but thats not why He’s Dead. From [HERE] The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said it was probing the killing of Rayshard Brooks, 27, of Atlanta. White police officers said he resisted arrest after failing a field sobriety test during the Friday night incident. After a struggle they shot him as he fled away from them.
The Georgia investigators said video taken by an eyewitness was aiding their probe.
The video, posted on social media, shows Brooks on the ground outside his car, struggling with two police officers.
Brooks grabbed the Taser of one officer. After a few seconds, Brooks broke free from the officers and began to run. One officer then used a Taser on him. The pair then run out of the frame of the video.
Seconds later gun shots are heard along with someone yelling "I got him!" The video then shows Brooks prone on the ground. The black man posed no threat as he fled away from the white cop; at the time of the shooting the white cop had to have been at least 30 feet away from him. He was smart to run - they were trying to kill him.
Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, Jr., said in an emailed statement that his office "has already launched an intense, independent investigation of the incident" while it awaits the findings of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.