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Atlanta police officer could face death penalty if convicted of murdering Rayshard Brooks

An Atlanta police officer was charged on Wednesday with murder for the shooting death last week of Rayshard Brooks in a fast-food parking lot, while a fellow officer facing lesser charges has agreed to testify against his colleague. The death of Brooks – the latest in a long line of unarmed African Americans whose fatal […]

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Rayshard Brooks death a homicide: Medical examiner finds

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 in a restaurant car park late on Friday. According to the Fulton County medical examiner, the manner of death […]