Atlanta’s police chief has resigned, less than 24 hours after a black man was killed by an Atlanta officer in a struggle following a field sobriety test.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced during a news conference that she had accepted the resignation of Police Chief Erika Shields.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says police were called to the restaurant on a complaint that a man was sleeping in a car blocking the drive-thru lane as customers waited in line.
The agency identified the man who was fatally shot as 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks.
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