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June 14, 2020 | 12:03am | Updated June 14, 2020 | 1:03am Enlarge Image A protester hold a sign as the Atlanta Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks was fatally shot by police Friday burns. AP Protesters set fire Saturday to the Atlanta Wendy’s where, the night before, a black suspect was shot dead as he fired…

One Atlanta police officer has been fired and another has been reassigned following Friday night’s shooting death of Rayshard Brooks in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant.The fired officer was identified as Garrett Rolfe, who had been with the Atlanta Police Department since 2013, WSB-TV of Atlanta reported.The second officer, identified as Devin Bronsan,…

A fire broke out inside the Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta where a black man was shot and killed by a police officer and where protesters gathered throughout Saturday.  As night fell Saturday, demonstrators blocked the nearby interstate and smashed windows to the restaurant. Around 9:30 p.m., the restaurant caught fire.  Protest organizers encouraged people to go…

Protests and destruction erupted in Atlanta on Saturday night in response to the police-involved shooting death of a 27-year-old man outside a Wendy’s fast-food restaurant.Television images showed the restaurant on fire around 9:30 p.m. ET as rioters filled the parking lot where Brooks was shot in the back by police after allegedly grabbing a stun…

Rayshard Brooks, 27, struggled with police officers after failing a sobriety test, the authorities said, then was fatally shot. Right NowThe Wendy’s where Mr. Brooks was shot has been set on fire by protesters.ImageA growing crowd of protestors surrounded a police vehicle near the Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was shot.Credit...Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, via Associated PressFamily…