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Body camera and surveillance footage shows fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks by Atlanta police

Protests have erupted in Atlanta in the US state of Georgia, after city police shot and killed Rayshard Brooks at a Wendy’s restaurant parking lot on June 12, 2020. Authorities have released body camera and surveillance footage showing the moments before Brooks’ death.


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