Rayshard Brooks struggled in system but didn't hide his past

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Rayshard Brooks struggled in system but didn't hide his past
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About five months before he was killed by Atlanta police in a Wendy's parking lot -- before his name and case would become the latest rallying point in a massive call for racial justice and equality nationwide -- Rayshard Brooks gave an interview to an advocacy group about his years of struggle in the criminal justice system.

A photo of Rayshard Brooks is seen through a window, during a public viewing at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, on June 22, 2020. About five months before he was killed by Atlanta police in a Wendy's parking lot -- before his name and case would become the latest rallying point in a massive call for racial justice and equality nationwide -- Brooks gave an interview to an advocacy group about his years of struggle in the criminal justice system.

"Before I was arrested," he wrote, "my job and home were the only things I was about, trying to feed my family. The kids are starting school back this upcoming August, and they're going to need things to start back with such as uniforms, colour pencils, line paper, notepads. ... So I'm asking by chance if you could grant me some probation if possible, and I promise that you will never have to worry about me coming before you ever again for anything.

His mother-in-law, Rochelle Gooden, recalled how he cared for his relatives and loved her like a mother. The two would have barbecue challenges -- one time, she said, Brooks ate some lamb, but she insisted, "You know what, I don't eat lamb." As he finished, he teased her: "Baaaa!"'"When I'm down, my wife makes me happy. I feel invincible when we are together," he wrote.

"He loved it up here," Brooks' father, Larry Barbine, said in a telephone interview. "He was like, `This is the life I want to live. This is where I want to be."' Brooks thrived in Ohio. His father said he taught him how to fish and took him sledding for the first time.

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