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Rayshard Brooks went from telling Atlanta officer about visiting mother's grave to being fatally shot: Video
abcnews.go.com ^ | 6/14/2020 | Bill Hutchinson

Posted on 06/14/2020 9:14:51 PM PDT by bitt

Initial autopsy results say that Brooks died of two gunshot wounds to his back.

Before being shot to death by an Atlanta police officer in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, Rayshard Brooks had a cordial conversation about being in the area to visit his mother's grave and to celebrate one of his young daughter's birthdays, according to a series of videos released by officials.

The shooting of Brooks, who is black, on Friday night sparked new protests and an arson fire at the Wendy's where the confrontation started and escalated into the use of lethal force. It came on the heels of days of protests in Atlanta and across the nation over the officer-involved killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Initial autopsy results released Sunday evening by the Fulton County Medical Examiner said that Brooks died from two gunshot wounds to his back that "created organ injuries and blood loss," and that the manner of death was a homicide.

The fatal episode led to the resignation of Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields on Saturday, the firing of the officer who shot and killed Brooks and the other officer involved being yanked from the streets and placed on administrative leave.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: atlanta; billhutchinson; devinbrosan; erikashields; fultoncounty; garrettrolfe; georgia; keishalancebottoms; lookwhohatescops; naacp; paulhoward; rayshardbrooks; wendys
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To: bitt

He’s got quite the rap sheet.

Be sure to click on ‘all courts’ as the option

https://www.claytoncountyga.gov/government/courts/court-case-inquiry


61 posted on 06/15/2020 1:34:17 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: Blue Highway
It's on the bodycam video. The officer clearly held the breathalyzer device in front of his chest so his bodycam could record the reading.

Brooks blew a 0.108, which exceeds the Georgia limit of 0.08.

62 posted on 06/15/2020 1:40:11 AM PDT by mellow velo
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To: UCANSEE2
It’s almost as if the release of prisoners was some kind of SYSTEMIC PLAN

I long ago came to the conclusion that letting dangerous criminals and the insane roam the streets is a deliberate strategy.
63 posted on 06/15/2020 1:46:50 AM PDT by Mr Radical (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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To: HollyB

Holy smokes. This guy was a ticking time bomb. I doubt they knew who he was when they gave him the weak frisk..


64 posted on 06/15/2020 1:58:27 AM PDT by EVO X
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To: bitt

such a compassionate story ABC


65 posted on 06/15/2020 3:04:46 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (silence is golden, I will not kneel)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

I’m surprised that hasn’t been pulled from YouTube.


66 posted on 06/15/2020 3:06:17 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: keat

No agenda there.


67 posted on 06/15/2020 3:10:10 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

You can actually see him running from the cop then turning, and he points the taser in the direction of the cop. Looks like the taser fires at the cop And also looks like the cop fell, but the tape stops there.


68 posted on 06/15/2020 3:18:55 AM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: UCANSEE2

If you watch the video he talks about being picked up at Wendy’s by a woman, driven to a hotel, then dropped off back at Wendy’s. Hooker?


69 posted on 06/15/2020 3:30:42 AM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: Zhang Fei

He was patted down in the video


70 posted on 06/15/2020 3:33:34 AM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

It’s so simple. Follow the officer’s commands.


71 posted on 06/15/2020 3:35:55 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: EnquiringMind

I saw a tape that ran a little longer. While you could not see them, you could still hear the cops arguing with Rayshard after he was shot. He continued resisting.


72 posted on 06/15/2020 3:37:26 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: bitt

Gunshots in the back? That goes against one narrative.


73 posted on 06/15/2020 3:38:35 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: rxsid
The booking sheet says he is 5'9" but the chart shows him at 5'10 almost 5' 11". No big deal, just noticed the difference.


74 posted on 06/15/2020 3:39:16 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE THE MOOSELIMB, TERRORISTS, NOW!)
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To: UCANSEE2

A powder keg waiting to erupt. Well planned for when it happened. This is just one of many organizations

https://youtu.be/_MmS-72YQKM


75 posted on 06/15/2020 3:44:48 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: pepsionice
In the Atlanta case, the ‘payback’ will be that police will evaluate a potential DWI situation, and if the guy appears black...just let it go. So DWI’s within Atlanta over the next year or two...involving blacks....will double and triple. If you come upon an accident with a victim, and the apparent guilty party is black...you have to call immediately for back-up and ask for a minimum of ten additional officers.

And unless the other police appear on the scene immediately, the DWI suspect probably gets away. The same goes for other crimes like looting.

76 posted on 06/15/2020 3:45:31 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Wrongful termination! The cop just hit the jackpot.


77 posted on 06/15/2020 3:49:51 AM PDT by DownInFlames (Galsd)
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To: UCANSEE2

If you watch the bodycam, this was one of many reasons Brooks gave the officers for being in the area. ABC, cherry-picked the version that would fit the narrative that Brooks was a “victim”.


78 posted on 06/15/2020 3:58:23 AM PDT by offduty
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To: Fido969
Gunshots in the back? That goes against one narrative.

The LEO needs to get good legal counsel - he's going to need it after the autopsy report was made public.

79 posted on 06/15/2020 4:03:54 AM PDT by Fury (.)
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To: Parley Baer

Ooops!

Bad move.


80 posted on 06/15/2020 4:13:13 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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