Protect now of Atlanta, in the worst case, even the death penalty the death!
After the death of the Black Rayshard Brooks (27) in the American metropolis, the public Prosecutor’s office accuses one of the police officers involved, among other things, for murder. The police have used excessive force, said attorney Paul Howard in Atlanta in the U.S. state of Georgia.
The Killed have been shown in more than 40 minutes of entertainment “never any aggressive behavior” or a threat presented. In the case of a conviction, long imprisonment without parole or even the death penalty threatened the officers life.
The death of Brooks after the use had fueled the country-wide protests against police violence and racism in the United States, according to the case, George Floyd (46) in Minneapolis further.
Brooks was asleep on Friday evening at the wheel of his car, as he waited in line at the fast food restaurant Wendy’s. The add caused, the police found that he had too much to drink and wanted to take him in. It came to a scuffle, Brooks grabbed an electric shock device of a civil servant, and fled. One of the two police officers fired shots, which hit him in the back and fatally injured. He was summarily dismissed, the suspended other officials on a provisional basis.
Brooks prior to the escalation of the state’s attorney is Howard, according to the cooperative, and “almost happy” have been. After the man had gone to ground, had kicked the accused police officer was Lying on the floor in addition.
About two minutes no one the 27-Year-old took care of itself, while he fought for his life. A bullet of the policeman had met Brooks, therefore, to the heart. In a first statement the police officer then”, I told him to get caught”.
According to Howard’s data, the second involved a policeman was accused of, among other things, due to severe body injury. He had put on the shoulders of the Dying, to see how the record was. He stated that it is also ready to testify as a witness.
For the charges, the investigators evaluated according to its own figures, a total of eight Videos, including the body cameras of the police officers. In addition, witnesses were heard, and a ballistic analysis, and the preliminary autopsy report has been viewed.
Brooks died less than three weeks after the African-American George Floyd was killed in a brutal police operation in the state of Minnesota killed. Floyd’s fate has sparked ongoing protests against police violence and racism.
The fast-food restaurant in Atlanta, on whose Parking lot the act was done, on went the following night in flames. Atlanta’s police chief Erika Shields, resigned.
Atlanta’s mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms (50) had announced on Monday a police reform. Police officers would have to be “a protector, not a warrior,” she said on Monday.
Bottoms decrees, regulations to limit the use of force by police officers on the bare minimum. All officials must in future be always trained in de-escalation. In addition, all police officers have to intervene in the future in case of excessive use of force by colleagues, and this report, in order to avoid penalties.
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