The Killing of Rayshard Brooks

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

This episode contains strong language. Rayshard Brooks fell asleep in his car at a Wendy’s drive-through. Soon afterward, he was shot. We look closely at what happened in the minutes in between — and at the unrest his killing has sparked in Georgia. Guest: Richard Fausset, a correspondent based in Atlanta. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: Here is our visual investigation into how Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by the Atlanta police.The resignation of Atlanta’s police chief, Erika Shields, was the latest in a series of shake-ups at several large police departments.

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0:55.6	1033 on Friday night, an employee of a Wendy's restaurant in South Atlanta called to report
1:07.0	that someone had fallen asleep in their car while going through the drive-through.
1:13.2	A 27 year old man named Rayshard Brooks.
1:18.3	The police would arrive within minutes and within the hour Mr. Brooks would be fatally
1:33.8	shot.
1:47.8	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow.
1:51.5	This is the Daily.
1:54.2	Today, my colleague Richard Fossette with a close examination of what happened in the police
2:03.0	killing of Rayshard Brooks.
2:08.5	That's Wednesday, June 17th.
2:30.6	At 10.42 p.m., an officer wearing a body camera arrives at the Wendy's and walks up to
2:36.2	Mr. Brooks's car.
2:43.2	Hey, man, you parked in the middle of the drive-through line here.
2:53.2	Mr. Brooks wakes up, but appears confused.
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