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Officer who shot Rayshard Brooks charged with felony murder

by Associated Press
| June 17, 2020 1:06 PM

ATLANTA (AP) — Prosecutors brought murder charges Wednesday against the white Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks in the back, saying that the black man posed no deadly threat and that the officer kicked him and offered no medical treatment for over 2 minutes as he lay dying on the ground.

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