Posted on 06/14/2020 7:39:57 AM PDT by upchuck
Protesters set fire Saturday to the Atlanta Wendys where, the night before, a black suspect was shot dead as he fired at two white cops with a stolen police Taser.
Angry crowds protesting the racially charged shooting of Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old father of four from Atlanta, also shut down an interstate highway.
Crowds of several hundred had gathered outside the fast-food restaurant all day Saturday, but began breaking windows of the establishment after sunset, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
A fire started inside at around 9:30 pm., according to the paper.
As smoke billowed from the restaurant, some protest organizers encouraged demonstrators to go home, but police moved in to make arrests, the outlet reported.
Brooks was fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer during a struggle after he failed a sobriety test in the Wendys parking lot.
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Any word about the four mothers?
Good question!
I feel the headline should have been, "Arsonists, disguised as Protesters, burn Atlanta Wendys where cops fatally shot Rayshard Brooks
They’re all busy with their four kids.
No more Frosties for you people.
Dont remember if Watts burning was the start of that...
But I watched it burn from the freeway, and it was a wild sight...
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