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Atlanta protesters block interstate, set fire to cars at fast-food restaurant where police killed black man
CNN ^ | June 13, 2020 | Artemis Moshtaghian, Jay Croft, Paul P. Murphy, Kelly McCleary

Posted on 06/13/2020 9:06:55 PM PDT by Morgana

(CNN)Protesters flooded streets of southeast Atlanta Saturday night, angry over the deadly police-involved shooting of a black man at a fast-food restaurant the night before. The protesters surrounded the Wendy's where 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was shot and then made their way to nearby Interstate 75/85, bringing the major thoroughfare to a standstill. The Wendy's where Brooks lost his life was in flames Saturday night, and a crowd also set fire to automobiles near the fast-food restaurant. Earlier in the day, police used tear gas and a flash bang to try to clear the crowd there. The chaos came after Atlanta's police chief stepped down and the mayor called for the officer who shot Brooks to be fired.

Brooks was shot in the Wendy's parking lot Friday night after he scuffled with officers and ran away with one of their stun guns, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

The incident began with a call to police at 10:33 p.m. Friday about a man sleeping in a parked vehicle in the restaurant's drive-thru lane, causing other customers to drive around it, the GBI said in a statement. Police gave Brooks a field sobriety test, which he failed, the GBI said. He resisted arrest and struggled with officers, the GBI said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: atlanta; devinbrosan; erikashields; fultoncounty; garrettrolfe; georgia; hotlanta; keishalancebottoms; naacp; obamasfault; paulhoward; rayshardbrooks; wendys
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To: cherry

Black criminals do get away and then they go hide with relatives in another black city where they commit more crime and maybe kill someone.


41 posted on 06/13/2020 11:02:31 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: BenLurkin

That’s really great. More African-Americans out of work because brain-dead idiots are holding the wrong people responsible.


42 posted on 06/13/2020 11:25:23 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Step One of the recovery is 'flatten the curve'. Step Two is to flatten the tyrants.)
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To: MrChips

Some self-defense models work that way. The ER in Taser stands for electric rifle. They fire electrodes connected to wires into the target.


43 posted on 06/13/2020 11:40:10 PM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: cherry

“.let the guy run..”

And if he runs straight to your car, drags you out of it and runs over you, killing you as he escapes to commit more mayhem, oh well...bad luck.


44 posted on 06/13/2020 11:53:25 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Just sit in your house until the food stops coming and then starve. You'll be safe.)
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To: Morgana

Fake news, no cars have been burned. Liars.


45 posted on 06/13/2020 11:55:24 PM PDT by Midwesterner53
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To: Morgana
The Wendy's where Brooks lost his life was in flames Saturday night, and a crowd also set fire to automobiles near the fast-food restaurant.

Where do they think minorities get their first jobs? Yeah, right at a place like that Wendy's in Atlanta. No minority in Atlanta would burn it down. This is the work of out of state hired thugs or folks hopped up and out of their minds.

CNN calls them "Protesters" , I call them "Arsonists, Looters, Vandals, Rioters, Child haters and worse". CNN turns a an unseeing blind eye at them, treating them as if they are good.

46 posted on 06/14/2020 12:27:27 AM PDT by CptnObvious (Question her now.)
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To: Morgana

13% of the population is controlling the country though intimidation. Lets stop that.


47 posted on 06/14/2020 12:40:50 AM PDT by Lockbar (Vlad the Impailer had all the answers.)
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To: Morgana
"The chaos came after Atlanta's police chief stepped down and the mayor called for the officer who shot Brooks to be fired."

So the Mayor let it be known, that punishment was less likely for rioters. In essence, she gave the signal for the rioting to commence.

48 posted on 06/14/2020 12:52:52 AM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: Morgana

Video of the fight.

Rayshard Brooks shot by Atlanta Police, Wendys Drive-Thru 6/12/2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1opV-2yoSE


49 posted on 06/14/2020 12:57:00 AM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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To: greenishness

Is there a single one of these incidents in which the dead man didn’t resist arrest?

It’s become crystal clear that there’s a faction of our society that wants to give violent people free reign. They don’t want lawbreakers arrested. They want mobs to run wild. They want cities to burn. They want to sow discord and destruction.

Why? Follow the money; it always leads to the answer.


50 posted on 06/14/2020 1:38:41 AM PDT by LateBoomer
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To: BenLurkin

Ill take my burger well done please


51 posted on 06/14/2020 3:04:53 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (silence is golden, I will not kneel)
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To: heshtesh

Must be. Or it is more likely that the area where there is rioting has a different economic distribution


52 posted on 06/14/2020 3:42:27 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: shanover

How about these guys just become law-abiding citizens like the rest of us so they don’t get the cops called on them? I don’t use counterfeit money to pay for things, nor do I show up at a Wendy’s drive thru so drunk that I pass out in the drive thru. BTW imagine is this guy feel asleep on a freeway or ran a red light? Someone would have been killed.

Neither of these killings would have happened if these guys didn’t break laws. Of course neither of these criminal acts warrant a death sentence, but we’ve all seen police dashcam footage of routine traffic stops where pulling over somoene for a broken taillight can end up turning into a shootout.


53 posted on 06/14/2020 3:55:13 AM PDT by georgewkush
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To: kingu

And let’s not forget that if he had shot the officer with the taser, he would have had free access to the gun...that makes it self-defense.


54 posted on 06/14/2020 3:56:46 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: Nifster

One might come to the conclusion that you “earned” the right to live in an area that features a different economic distribution.


55 posted on 06/14/2020 4:02:49 AM PDT by heshtesh
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To: heshtesh

Shhhhhh

Don’t confuse folks with the facts


56 posted on 06/14/2020 4:15:35 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Morgana

Give us immunity from prosecution for all crimes or we will burn this mofo down.


57 posted on 06/14/2020 4:20:12 AM PDT by deadrock (<img src="DonaldTrumpisthegreatest.jpeg" width="420">)
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To: Morgana
Brooks was shot in the Wendy's parking lot

That's right next to the sacroiliac.

58 posted on 06/14/2020 4:27:05 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Fightin Whitey
Brooks was shot in the Wendy's parking lot//////// Reply: That's right next to the sacroiliac.

That's better than being shot in the package delivery area.

59 posted on 06/14/2020 7:42:50 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: BenLurkin

Your video linked to the video that had the original shooting

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdo1YA2x60


60 posted on 06/14/2020 8:03:35 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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