Protesters in Atlanta chant 'we are done dying' as they march on the Georgia state capitol after the fatal shooting of another black man by a white police officer
Demonstrators march during a protest against racial inequality and the death of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta, Georgia, US June 15, 2020.
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." "If it was my husband who shot them, he would be in jail," Miller said. "He would be doing a life sentence. They need to be put away."The autopsy report said he died of two gunshot wounds in the back.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 organisation the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People .
Police reform has been one of the most persistent demands of protestors who have taken to the streets of US cities and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday that she was setting up a working group to review the use of force by police. Some activists on the left have taken up "defund the police" as a rallying cry, one that US President Donald Trump has jumped on to use as a cudgel against his Democratic rival for the White House, Biden.
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