On Saturday night, as protests raged outside the Wendys where Brooks was killed, the Atlanta Police Department announced that the officer who shot him had been fired
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In another video, taken by a surveillance camera and released by the GBI on Saturday, Brooks can seen running across the parking lot with the officers chasing him. Without stopping running, Brooks half turns around and points an object in his hand at the police officer closest to him, who then opens fire. Brooks is later seen lying on the ground.
Also on Saturday, Atlanta police chief Erika Shields offered Bottoms her resignation, which the mayor accepted. Shields, who drew praise two weeks ago for her quick condemnation of the Minneapolis police officers who killed George Floyd and her frank conversations with protesters, said she was stepping down “out of a deep and abiding love for this city and this department,” because “It is time for the city to move forward and build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve.
The GBI says it will hand over whatever it uncovers in its investigation of the shooting to Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, who said Saturday that his office “has already launched an intense, independent investigation of the incident.”
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