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Man pleads guilty in fatal shooting of off-duty New Orleans officer and his friend in Houston

HOUSTON — A man has pleaded guilty in the fatal shooting of an off-duty New Orleans police officer and his friend during a holdup at a Houston restaurant in 2021, prosecutors announced Wednesday. As part of a plea agreement, Frederick Jackson pleaded guilty to two murder counts in exchange for a 60-year prison sentence, said Harris County District Attorney Kim …

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1 year, 1 month ago

2 plead guilty in fire at Atlanta Wendy’s restaurant during protest after Rayshard Brooks killing

Associated Press

ATLANTA — Two of three people charged with arson in the burning of the Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta where a police officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in June 2020 have pleaded guilty after reaching deals with prosecutors. Chisom Kingston, Natalie White and John Wade were arrested on arson charges within weeks of the fire, which came in the midst of …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Atlanta to pay $1 million to the family of Rayshard Brooks, killed by police in 2020

NPR

Atlanta to pay $1 million to the family of Rayshard Brooks, killed by police in 2020 Enlarge this image toggle caption Atlanta Police Department/AP Atlanta Police Department/AP The city of Atlanta will pay $1 million to the family of Rayshard Brooks, the Black man shot to death by Atlanta police in the parking lot of a Wendy's in 2020. National …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Louisville police chief to resign at end of year

Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Police Chief Erika Shields will step down in January, less than two years after she took the job amid tensions over the department’s handling of Breonna Taylor’s fatal shooting by police. Louisville Mayor-elect Craig Greenberg said Monday that he recently spoke to Shields and she offered to submit her resignation, giving Greenberg the opportunity to pick …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Atlanta to pay $1-million settlement to family of Rayshard Brooks

LA Times

This screen grab from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Rayshard Brooks, right, as he speaks with Officer Garrett Rolfe in the parking lot of a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta on June 12, 2020. The Atlanta City Council on Monday voted to approve a $1-million settlement payment for the family of Rayshard Brooks, who was shot …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Officers won’t face any charges in Rayshard Brooks shooting

Associated Press

MORROW, Ga. — Two white Atlanta police officers who clashed with Rayshard Brooks acted reasonably during the 2020 encounter that ended with the 27-year-old Black man’s fatal shooting, a specially appointed prosecutor said Tuesday in announcing his decision not to pursue charges against them. Officer Garrett Rolfe, who shot and killed Brooks in June 2020, and Officer Devin Brosnan faced …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Atlanta Police Chief rodney Bryant to retire, mayor announces

CNN

CNN — Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant will retire in June, just two years after the previous chief resigned in the aftermath of a fatal police shooting in the city. Bryant became interim chief in June 2020, when then-chief Erika Shields resigned a day after an Atlanta Police Department officer shot and killed Rayshard Brooks, a Black man, in a …

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2 years, 11 months ago

3 indicted in fire at Wendy’s after Rayshard Brooks killing

Associated Press

ATLANTA — Three people have been indicted on arson charges in the burning of the Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta where a police officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in June 2020. A Fulton County grand jury on Thursday indicted 24-year-old Chisom Kingston, 35-year-old John Wade and 31-year-old Natalie White on two counts each of first-degree arson and one count of conspiracy …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Police killings, other racial injustice cases pending in US

The Independent

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin s sentencing …

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3 years, 8 months ago

In surprise, Atlanta Mayor Bottoms won’t seek a second term

Associated Press

ATLANTA — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said Friday she has wrestled since her first year in office with whether to seek a second term, and this week she made a final decision to step aside even as she insisted she doesn’t know what she’ll do next. “Leadership sometimes is about passing off the baton,” Bottoms told reporters at City …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms not seeking reelection

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Thursday she will not …

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3 years, 10 months ago

‘George Floyd Justice in Policing Act’ Passed by US House

The Quint

On 25 May 2020, George Floyd was arrested by Minneapolis Police after a convenience store employee suspected the 46-year-old man to have used a counterfeit bill and called 911. Derek Chauvin, the officer who kept a knee on Floyd’s neck for at least 7 minutes, was later charged with second-degree and third-degree manslaughter. A version of the bill was passed …

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3 years, 11 months ago

District Attorney In Atlanta Wants Off Rayshard Brooks Case

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District Attorney In Atlanta Wants Off Rayshard Brooks Case Enlarge this image toggle caption Kent D. Johnson/AP Kent D. Johnson/AP In one of her first moves as the newly elected Fulton County district attorney, Fani Willis is asking for another prosecutor to take over a controversial felony murder case. Willis sent a letter on Wednesday to Georgia Attorney General Chris …

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4 years ago

Lousville police chief: Former Atlanta police chief to lead Louisville Metro Police Department in the wake of Breonna Taylor shooting death

CNN

CNN — Former Atlanta police chief Erika Shields, who stepped down after an officer shot and killed a man following a struggle in a Wendy’s parking lot, will now lead the Louisville Metro Police Department, which is still under the spotlight almost a year after the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. In saying that, though, I would ask people to …

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4 years ago

She taught herself to be a florist by watching YouTube

LA Times

This is part of our series PLANT PPL, where we interview people of color in the plant world. Toward the end of 2017, while working a desk job focused on the analytical side of marketing, Browne said to herself, “I don’t know what it’s going to be but I need to use my hands for something other than typing.” Later …

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4 years, 5 months ago

‘You’re not welcome here.’ The painful racial reckoning playing out in a Wendy’s parking lot

LA Times

A woman looks at the interior of the burned Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta last month. “We’re fighting the enemy within when we are shooting people up in the streets.” The leaders of the encampment say city officials were unfair in citing the violence to shut it down and accuse them of shifting the focus away from police brutality in poor, …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Ga. Congressman Calls For Investigation Of Black DA Handling Rayshard Brooks Case

NPR

Congressman Calls For Investigation Of Black DA Handling Rayshard Brooks Case Enlarge this image toggle caption Erin Scott/AP Erin Scott/AP After weeks of railing against the Black district attorney leading the prosecution of the white police officers charged in the killing of Rayshard Brooks last month in Atlanta, a member of the Georgia congressional delegation is taking his criticism a …

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4 years, 6 months ago

'Enough Is Enough': Atlanta Mayor Calls For Violence To End After Child Killed

NPR

'Enough Is Enough': Atlanta Mayor Calls For Violence To End After Child Killed Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Andrew Harnik/AP "Enough is enough," Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said after an 8-year-old girl was killed and more than 20 other people were reported injured over a violent Fourth of July holiday weekend. According to Atlanta's interim police chief, …

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4 years, 6 months ago

‘Killed a baby:' 8-year-old girl killed in Atlanta shooting

Associated Press

ATLANTA — An 8-year-old girl was shot and killed on the Fourth of July after at least two people in a crowd of armed people opened fire on a car she was riding in near a flash point of recent protests in Atlanta, authorities said Sunday. Police identified the girl as Secoriea Turner, and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Ex-Atlanta officer who killed Rayshard Brooks granted bond

Associated Press

ATLANTA — The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks can be free on bond while his case is pending, a judge ruled Tuesday. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jane Barwick set a bond of $500,000 for Garrett Rolfe, who faces charges including felony murder in the killing of Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man. “I say no because, …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Crowds mourn Rayshard Brooks at storied Atlanta church

Associated Press

ATLANTA — Scores of mourners Tuesday paid their final respects to Rayshard Brooks at the Atlanta church where the Rev. Warnock recited a long list of names of Black people who died at the hands of police in recent years, including Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Philando Castile and George Floyd, lamenting: “Sadly we’ve gotten too much practice at this.” Brooks’ …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Rayshard Brooks' Funeral Held At Church Where Martin Luther King Jr. Preached

NPR

Rayshard Brooks' Funeral Held At Church Where Martin Luther King Jr. Preached Enlarge this image toggle caption Curtis Compton/AP Curtis Compton/AP Updated at 6:41 p.m. "We really should not be here today" Enlarge this image toggle caption Curtis Compton/AP Curtis Compton/AP Bernice King, the youngest child of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., told mourners she did not know …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Rayshard Brooks: Atlanta again at the center of the nation’s struggle with race and civil rights

CNN

Atlanta CNN — The home of Martin Luther King Jr., capital of the New South and “the city too busy to hate” is again in the spotlight of protest and change related to the country’s race relations, from Black Lives Matter to the presidential election. Rayshard Brooks, an African American killed by Atlanta police in a Wendy’s parking lot, will …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Mourners bid farewell to Rayshard Brooks at historic church

LA Times

The body of Rayshard Brooks is carried out at the conclusion of his funeral at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. She noted ruefully that the killing took place in Atlanta, the “Black mecca” and “the city that is supposed to be too busy to hate.’” But in a powerful echo of her father’s “I Have a Dream” speech, she declared: …

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Man pleads guilty in fatal shooting of off-duty New Orleans officer and his friend in Houston

2 plead guilty in fire at Atlanta Wendy’s restaurant during protest after Rayshard Brooks killing

Atlanta to pay $1 million to the family of Rayshard Brooks, killed by police in 2020

Louisville police chief to resign at end of year

Atlanta to pay $1-million settlement to family of Rayshard Brooks

Officers won’t face any charges in Rayshard Brooks shooting

Atlanta Police Chief rodney Bryant to retire, mayor announces

3 indicted in fire at Wendy’s after Rayshard Brooks killing

Police killings, other racial injustice cases pending in US

In surprise, Atlanta Mayor Bottoms won’t seek a second term

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms not seeking reelection

‘George Floyd Justice in Policing Act’ Passed by US House

District Attorney In Atlanta Wants Off Rayshard Brooks Case

Lousville police chief: Former Atlanta police chief to lead Louisville Metro Police Department in the wake of Breonna Taylor shooting death

She taught herself to be a florist by watching YouTube

‘You’re not welcome here.’ The painful racial reckoning playing out in a Wendy’s parking lot

Ga. Congressman Calls For Investigation Of Black DA Handling Rayshard Brooks Case

'Enough Is Enough': Atlanta Mayor Calls For Violence To End After Child Killed

‘Killed a baby:' 8-year-old girl killed in Atlanta shooting

Ex-Atlanta officer who killed Rayshard Brooks granted bond

Crowds mourn Rayshard Brooks at storied Atlanta church

Rayshard Brooks' Funeral Held At Church Where Martin Luther King Jr. Preached

Rayshard Brooks: Atlanta again at the center of the nation’s struggle with race and civil rights

Mourners bid farewell to Rayshard Brooks at historic church