US Cop Shoots Black Man While Trying To Arrest Him, Protests In Atlanta Latest

The police chief in the American city of Atlanta resigned after an officer fatally shot a black man during an arrest, the mayor said Saturday, and the new murder injected new anger into protests against racism and police brutality. .

Protesters blocked an interstate highway and set fire to Wendy's, where Rayshard Brooks, 27, was killed Saturday night, local media reported.

This occurred hours after Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who has been touted as a possible candidate for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, announced the resignation of Chief Erika Shields.

Brooks had been sleeping in his car at a Wendy's fast food restaurant on Friday night, and employees called police to complain that he was blocking other customers, according to an official report.

He failed a sobriety test and resisted when police tried to arrest him, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.

Surveillance video showed "that during a physical fight with officers, Brooks obtained one of the officer's Tasers and began to flee the scene," the report continued.

"The officers chased Brooks on foot, and during the chase, Brooks turned and pointed the Taser at the officer. The officer fired his gun and hit Brooks," he said.

Brooks was taken to a hospital but died after surgery, he said, adding that an officer was injured.

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