June 15, 2020

BBC News: Rayshard Brooks police shooting declared homicide

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53047282

Rayshard Brooks police shooting declared homicide

2020-06-17 07:36:43, , BBC News

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/Law & Government/Public Safety/Law Enforcement
/Sensitive Subjects
/Law & Government/Public Safety/Crime & Justice

Word Count:
1072

Words/Sentence:
24

Reading Time:
7.15 min

Reading Quality:
Intermediate

Readability:
11th or 12th

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The Wendy's drive-through restaurant was set on fire over Mr Brooks' shooting

A medical examiner in Atlanta, Georgia, has declared the death of an African-American man to be homicide after he was shot in an encounter with police.

Last week, House Democrats introduced sweeping legislation, demanding federal police use body and dashboard cameras, banning the use of chokeholds, eliminating unannounced police raids known as "no-knock warrants" and making it easier to prosecute police for misbehaviour.

The Justice in Police Act of 2020 also calls for the end of "qualified immunity" – designed to give police legal breathing room surrounding their decisions on the job and frequently used to dismiss excessive force cases against officers.

Atlanta's police chief quit and the police officer suspected of shooting Mr Brooks was fired.

But at this stage, what is already clear is that police departments are not feeling nearly as confident relying on the old strategies and rhetoric that historically have allowed them to slow-play their response to a police-involved killing.

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