Family of Rayshard Brooks plead for officer who shot him to be jailed as protests grow in Atlanta

The widow of Rayshard Brooks, a black man who was shot twice in the back by Atlanta police, has called for the officers to be jailed as protesters marched on Georgia’s Capitol.

Tomika Miller, Mr Brooks’ wife, said the policemen should be in prison: “If it was my husband who shot them, he would be in jail.  “He would be doing a life sentence,” she said. “They need to be put away.”

One of the two officers has been fired, while the other has been put on administrative leave.  Prosecutors will decide by midweek whether to bring charges.

Mr Brooks’ killing on Friday has reignited protests in Atlanta after days of worldwide demonstrations against racism and police brutality prompted by the death of George Floyd, an African American, in Minneapolis police custody on May 25.

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