Protesters burn Atlanta Wendy’s where cops fatally shot Rayshard Brooks

NY Post ^ | June 14, 2020 | Vincent Barone

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Protesters set fire Saturday to the Atlanta Wendy’s 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 Wendy’s parking lot.

[who knows what evil?]

Any word about the four mothers?

[upchuck]

Why does the headline say "Protesters" and not "Arsonists"?

Good question!

I feel the headline should have been, "Arsonists, disguised as Protesters, burn Atlanta Wendy’s where cops fatally shot Rayshard Brooks

[LucyT]

They’re all busy with their four kids.

[colorado tanker]

No more Frosties for you people.

[farming pharmer]

Race War is coming, but it won't be blacks and whites, it will be blacks and Hispanics.

Here's to hoping both sides win...

[Regulator]

Dont remember if Watts burning was the start of that...

But I watched it burn from the freeway, and it was a wild sight...