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ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s police chief resigned Saturday, less than 24 hours after a Black man was killed by an Atlanta officer in a struggle following a field sobriety test.
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Brooks was killed by Atlanta police in a struggle following a field sobriety test was shot after he snatched an officer’s Taser and pointed it back at the officer while fleeing, the head of the Georgia agency investigating the case said Saturday.
“In a circumstance like this where an officer is involved in the use of deadly force, the public has a right to know what happened,” Reynolds told a news conference on a day when protesters gathered at the scene of the shooting and in other areas of Atlanta.
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A man waves a Black Lives Matter flag atop the CNN logo during a protest in response to the police killing of George Floyd outside the CNN Center on May 29, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.
A security camera recorded Brooks “running or fleeing from Atlanta police officers,” Reynolds said.
