The death of 27-year-old black man "Rayshard Brooks" by a white police officer in Atlanta, was ruled a homicide by the county medical examiner’s office on Sunday, a day after Wendy’s restaurant where he died was set on fire and hundreds of people marched to denounce the killing.
Brook's death has triggered US debate over racism, prompting another round of street protests and the resignation of the southern city’s police chief.
His deadly encounter with police on Friday drew expressions of outrage, shock, and dismay in a country deeply shaken by civil unrest since the May 25 police killing in Minneapolis, Minnesota of George Floyd, an unarmed black man.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced at a news conference Saturday that Police Chief Erika Shields had decided to step down.
"I do not believe this was a justified use of deadly force," Bottoms said.
The officer who shot Brooks, identified as Garrett Rolfe has been dismissed.
Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said his office would decide whether to lay criminal charges against Rolfe by mid-week, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
James Clyburn, an African-American member of Congress from South Carolina, said he was incensed by the killing.
"This did not call for lethal force. And I don’t know what’s in the culture that would make this guy do that. It has got to be the culture. It’s got to be the system," he said, speaking on CNN’s State of the Union.
Brook's death has triggered US debate over racism, prompting another round of street protests and the resignation of the southern city’s police chief.
His deadly encounter with police on Friday drew expressions of outrage, shock, and dismay in a country deeply shaken by civil unrest since the May 25 police killing in Minneapolis, Minnesota of George Floyd, an unarmed black man.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced at a news conference Saturday that Police Chief Erika Shields had decided to step down.
"I do not believe this was a justified use of deadly force," Bottoms said.
The officer who shot Brooks, identified as Garrett Rolfe has been dismissed.
Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said his office would decide whether to lay criminal charges against Rolfe by mid-week, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
James Clyburn, an African-American member of Congress from South Carolina, said he was incensed by the killing.
"This did not call for lethal force. And I don’t know what’s in the culture that would make this guy do that. It has got to be the culture. It’s got to be the system," he said, speaking on CNN’s State of the Union.
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