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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4527548" data-attributes="member: 18222">Another policeman fired in Atlanta after a shooting resulting in the fatality of the drunk that grabbed policeman&#039;s taser and aimed at him and his partner.This could be interesting.<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/13/us/atlanta-police-shooting-wendys/index.html" target="_blank">Atlanta police officer shoots a black man dead at a fast-food drive-thru</a>Chief of Police resignsThe Georgia Bureau of Investigation says surveillance video appears to show a man pointing a Taser at an Atlanta police officer before being shot by that officer in the parking lot of a Wendy&#039;s.The incident began with a call to police at 10:33 p.m. Friday about a man sleeping in a parked vehicle in the restaurant&#039;s drive-thru lane, causing other customers to drive around it, the GBI said in a <a href="https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2020-06-13/gbi-investigates-officer-involved-shooting-atlanta" target="_blank">statement</a>.Police gave Brooks a field sobriety test, which he failed, the GBI said. He resisted arrest and struggled with officers, the GBI said. Surveillance video shows Brooks struggling with one of the officers, then running away with what appears to be the officer&#039;s Taser, Reynolds said.According to the video, Brooks ran the length of about five to seven parking spaces before turning around and pointing the Taser at the officer, Reynolds said.&quot;At that point, the Atlanta officer reaches down and retrieves his weapon from his holster, discharges it, strikes Mr. Brooks there on the parking lot and he goes down,&quot; Reynolds said.Brooks was taken to a hospital, where he died, the statement said. One officer was treated for an injury and released, the GBI said.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4527548, member: 18222"] Another policeman fired in Atlanta after a shooting resulting in the fatality of the drunk that grabbed policeman's taser and aimed at him and his partner. This could be interesting. [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/13/us/atlanta-police-shooting-wendys/index.html'][SIZE=7][B]Atlanta police officer shoots a black man dead at a fast-food drive-thru[/B][/SIZE][/URL] [B]Chief of Police resigns[/B] [I]The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says surveillance video appears to show a man pointing a Taser at an Atlanta police officer before being shot by that officer in the parking lot of a Wendy's. The incident began with a call to police at 10:33 p.m. Friday about a man sleeping in a parked vehicle in the restaurant's drive-thru lane, causing other customers to drive around it, the GBI said in a [URL='https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2020-06-13/gbi-investigates-officer-involved-shooting-atlanta']statement[/URL]. Police gave Brooks a field sobriety test, which he failed, the GBI said. He resisted arrest and struggled with officers, the GBI said. Surveillance video shows Brooks struggling with one of the officers, then running away with what appears to be the officer's Taser, Reynolds said. According to the video, Brooks ran the length of about five to seven parking spaces before turning around and pointing the Taser at the officer, Reynolds said. "At that point, the Atlanta officer reaches down and retrieves his weapon from his holster, discharges it, strikes Mr. Brooks there on the parking lot and he goes down," Reynolds said. Brooks was taken to a hospital, where he died, the statement said. One officer was treated for an injury and released, the GBI said.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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