Georgia prosecutors said they were weighing bringing charges against the police officer who shot dead 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy's parking lot in Atlanta on Friday night. Floyd's May 25 death sparked a wave of protests for racial justice across the United States and calls for police reform. Stacey Abrams, a former Democratic candidate for governor of Georgia who is under consideration as Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's running mate, said Brooks's shooting was "murder." - 'We are done dying' -Scores of protesters were out on the streets of Atlanta on Monday morning for a march on the capitol called by the Georgia chapter of the civil rights organization the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The Wendy's restaurant where Brooks, a father of four, died was set on fire by protesters on Saturday.

Source: Bangkok Post June 15, 2020 16:07 UTC