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Anderson Cooper 360

Atlanta Mayor: “We saw the murder of Rayshard Brooks”

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Rayshard Brooks was shot twice in the back by an Atlanta police officer after two officers tried to handcuff him for suspected DUI. Videos show Brooks grabbing one of the officer’s Taser and then firing it as he ran away. The Fulton County medical examiner has listed the death as homicide. In a tearful interview with CNN, Brooks’s widow asked for peaceful protests and said she wants change through communication, not aggression. Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard Jr. tells AC360 he is weighing charges for both officers involved in the shooting. Plus, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled federal civil rights law protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination. Eric Cervini, author of “The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America” joins Anderson Cooper to discuss the landmark ruling.               Airdate: June 15, 2020 To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Good evening, afternoon, really three weeks of nationwide protests and soul searching

0:05.4

over injustice and unequal treatment of black Americans.

0:08.1

And with all eyes on the police, yet another family is grieving tonight.

0:12.3

That grief and anger is being felt on the streets of Atlanta.

0:15.6

Protesters out in numbers today and over the weekend.

0:18.3

They're marching for Rayshard Brooks, who was shot twice from behind by the City Police

0:22.3

Officer Friday night.

0:24.1

Three weeks since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, it's happened again.

0:27.8

George Floyd, Ahmed Aubrey, vice-villians, Brown and Taylor.

0:32.2

Now Rayshard Brooks and another grieving family asking this of the police.

0:36.1

Do they feel sorry for what they took in a way?

0:41.6

That's what I want to know.

0:46.1

You know, they had the chance of doing it with the same way or what they do, totally different.

0:55.9

In a moment, we'll be joined by a former police captain and a former federal prosecutor

0:59.2

for their take on what you are about to see, which is the interaction between the police

1:03.3

and Mr. Brooks, which resulted in his death.

1:06.4

It began when police were called to a Wendy's drive-through in southwest Atlanta.

1:11.2

They found Mr. Brooks in his car, a sleep.

1:14.2

Come on back to sleep.

1:24.2

Come back to sleep.

1:25.2

Why don't you move your car into a parking spot, okay?

1:29.2

Right now.

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