Rayshard Brooks

The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks is suing the mayor and interim police chief, saying his firing violated his constitutional rights and the city code

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has declared a state of emergency and authorized the activation of National Guard troops after a weekend of violence where an 8-year-old girl and four others were killed

Police say an 8-year-old girl was shot and killed in Atlanta on the Fourth of July after at least two people in a crowd opened fire on a car she was in.

Authorities have arrested two more people on suspicion of arson in the burning of an Atlanta Wendy’s restaurant where a police officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks.

Each year, hundreds of people die after encounters with the police.

A judge says the former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks can be free on bond while his case is pending

A woman charged with arson in the burning of a fast food restaurant in the wake of Rayshard Brooks’ killing was granted bond Wednesday

Scores of mourners Tuesday paid their final respects to Rayshard Brooks at the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. used to preach, taking part in a funeral rich with historical echoes and filled with a tragic sense that Black America has been through this all too many times before.

Family and friends gathered to mourn the death of Rayshard Brooks, a Black man shot by police outside a fast-food restaurant in Atlanta.

Mourners are lining up to pay their respects to Rayshard Brooks in a public viewing at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta

Investigators say they have issued an arrest warrant for a woman in the burning of a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta during protests over the police shooting of Rayshard Brooks

A newspaper report says the former Atlanta police officer charged with felony murder  in the fatal shooting of an African American man was involved in another shooting five years ago that left a man with a punctured lung

The Miami Fraternal Order of Police donated thousands of dollars to the legal defense fund of a former Atlanta officer charged in the murder of Rayshard Brooks. NBC 6’s Stephanie Bertini reports.

A judge on Friday denied bond for the former Atlanta police officer who has been charged with felony murder and other crimes after fatally shooting Rayshard Brooks in the back after Brooks fired a stun gun in his direction. Judge Jeffrey Frazier found probable cause exists to detain Garrett Rolfe for the slaying of Rayshard Brooks outside a Wendy’s...

A Confederate monument has been removed by crane from a town square near Atlanta amid cheers from the watching crowd

Atlanta police officers have called out sick to protest the filing of murder charges against an officer who shot a man in the back

Atlanta police officers have called out sick to protest the filing of murder charges against an officer who shot a man in the back

Atlanta police officers charged in fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks; Brooks’ family attorney says the charges are only the beginning.

Months before Rayshard Brooks was fatally shot by a police officer outside a Wendy’s in Atlanta, Georgia, he spoke about his experience with the U.S. criminal justice system and the struggles he faced after being incarcerated, NBC News reports. Brooks’ interview in February 2020 was conducted by Reconnect, a Maine-based public benefit corporation, as part of a project about...

Rayshard Brooks, the man who was shot and killed by police last week at an Atlanta, Georgia, drive-through, gave an interview in February about the inequalities of the U.S. criminal justice system. Brooks’ interview was conducted by Reconnect as part of a project about individuals on probation or parole.