The family of Rayshard Brooks, an unarmed black man who was shot twice in the back by a white Atlanta police officer on Friday after he fell asleep in his car, have called for murder charges and a ra…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Rayshard Brooks, 27, the father of three daughters and a stepson, was killed on 12 June Another death of an African-American man during an arrest has brought the use of deadly force by police into sharp focus once again in the US.Rayshard Brooks, 27, was shot dead as he fled…
President Trump on Monday called the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks by an Atlanta police officer “very disturbing,” and said he will sign an executive order Tuesday to improve policing nationwide. “I thought it was a terrible situation,” Mr. Trump told reporters at the White House. “To me, it was very disturbing.” Mr. Brooks was…
(Reuters) - The family of Rayshard Brooks, a black man whose death reignited protests in Atlanta over the weekend, on Monday called for “drastic change” in policing and justice for their relative who died after a police officer shot him twice in the back. FILE PHOTO: A Wendy’s burns following a rally against racial inequality…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe Wendy's drive-through restaurant was set on fire over Mr Brooks' shooting A medical examiner in Atlanta, Georgia, has declared the death of an African-American man to be homicide after he was shot in an encounter with police.Rayshard Brooks died while fleeing from two white police officers…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…