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Rayshard Brooks

Case from Atlanta, GA dated Jun 12, 2020

Victim Details

Rayshard Brooks

Male

Black / African American

Atlanta

GA

2020-06-12

27

Rayshard

Brooks

07/18/2026

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On the night of June 12, 2020, Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man, died after being shot by an Atlanta Police Department officer in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant. The encounter began when Officer Devin Brosnan responded to a complaint about a man asleep in his car in the drive-through lane. Brosnan woke Brooks and had him move his car to a parking spot. Officer Garrett Rolfe arrived later to conduct a field sobriety test. For approximately 40 minutes, the interaction was calm as ...
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