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Autopsy report says Rayshard Brooks was shot twice in the back

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Daily US Times: According to a release by the Fulton County, Georgia, Medical Examiner’s Office, Rayshard Brooks was shot twice in the back. The office said Brooks died from organ damage and blood loss from the two gunshot wounds.

The autopsy, performed on Sunday, lists Brooks’ cause of death as gunshot wounds to the back. The manner of death is listed as homicide. The 27-year-old black American was shot and killed by police on Friday, June 12, 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Protesters took to the streets of Atlanta again on Sunday — and elsewhere around the country. Demonstraters gathered at the fast food restaurant where Brooks died Friday. A day after his death, the restaurant was torched by protesters.

The Fulton County District Attorney criticized the police officers’ handling of Brooks’ fatal shooting. The attorney said that a decision on whether to bring charges could come around Wednesday.

DA Paul Howard told CNN on Sunday that Brooks did not seem to present any kind of threat to anyone, and so the fact that it would escalate to his death just seems unreasonable.

“It just seems like this is not the kind of conversation and incident that should have led to someone’s death.”

Videos recorded from the scene showed Brooks was shot dead by an officer Friday night at a Wendy’s restaurant’s drive-through in the city after police moved to handcuff him for suspected driving under the influence.

The videos show that Rayshard Brooks took an officer’s Taser during the attempted arrest and then fired the Taser at the officers as he ran away, one officer then fatally shot Brooks three times with his service weapon.

Garrett Rolfe, the officer who killed Brooks, was terminated Saturday, police said, and a second officer involved in the killing, Devin Brosnan, was placed on administrative duty. Source: Atlanta Police Department

The killing has had rapid repercussions in Atlanta, one of many cities where protesters have called for an end to police racism and violence in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Police chief Erika Shields resigned and the officer who shot Brooks was fired as exasperated protesters have called for justice.

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said on Saturday she did not believe Brooks’ death was a justified use of deadly force.

Erika Shields had worked in the Atlanta police department for more than 20 years and had served as police chief since December 2016. Mayor Bottoms said she will continue with the department in another role.

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