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ACTION AFTER THE SHOOTING DEATH
OF RAYSHARD BROOKS OVER THE
WEEKEND
WEEKEND
WEEKEND AFTER POLICE SHOT AND KILLED
BROOKS FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE
PARKING LOT OF THE WENDY'S ON
UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
UNIVERSITY AVENUE. THAT RESTAURANT IS NOW GUTTED,
BURNED. WHAT'S LEFT OF THE
BUILDING STAYS BESIDE THE
PROTEST.
PROTEST.
PROTEST. THE DAS OFFICE IS WEIGHING
CHARGES AGAINST FORMER OFFICER
DEREK RALL FLU SHOT BROOKS AS
HE RAN.
HE RAN.
HE RAN. HIS PARTNER DEVON RUN IS ALSO
ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AND THE
CITY IS LOOKING FOR A NEW
POLICE CHIEF AFTER ERIKA
SHIELDS STEPPED DOWN.
BROOKS WAS ,27 OLD, FATHER OF
FOUR CHECKS. CHILDREN RANGING
FROM AGES ONE TO 13,
CELEBRATING HIS DAUGHTER'S
EIGHTH BIRTHDAY THE DAY HE WAS
KILLED ACCORDING TO THE
FAMILY'S LAWYER.>> HE HAD THE
BRIGHTEST SMILE AND THE BIGGEST
HEART AND LOVED TO DANCE.
>> WE WILL HAVE TO BURY HELP.
WE WILL HAVE TO SAY WE MISS YOU.
WE DIDN'T SAY WE LOVE TO ENOUGH.
WE HAVE TO APOLOGIZE FOR NOT
TELLING HIM WE LOVED HIM THAT
MUCH.
MUCH.
MUCH. >>
MUCH. >> THERE WERE A LOT OF TEARS
TODAY IS THE BROOKS FAMILY
SHARED FOR THE FIRST TIME
ALTOGETHER, SINCE RAYSHARD
BROOKS WAS KILLED .
>> FAITH ABUBEY JOINS US WITH
MORE FROM SOUTHEAST ATLANTA.
>> Reporter: I WANT TO ADDRESS
THE RAIN COMING DOWN IN
SOUTHEAST ATLANTA THIS EVENING.
FOR A SECOND DAY IN A ROW AS
PROTESTERS TAKE COVER, THERE
ARE COUPLE LEFT IN FRONT OF THE
WENDY'S IN THE RIGHT . AS FAR
AS THE NEWS CONFERENCE, THE
FAMILIES PAIN WAS PALPABLE.
THERE ARE MANY OF THE FAMILY
MEMBERS, A DOZEN OR SO OF THEM,
MANY IN TWO YEARS IN FRONT OF
OUR CAMERAS. WE SAW RAYSHARD'S
WIFE HIS KIDS AND HIS COUSIN.
THEY ARE ALL CALLING FOR
CRIMINAL CHARGES IN THIS CASE.>>
THIS WILL BE A LONG TIME BEFORE
I HEAL. IT WILL BE A LONG TIME
BEFORE THIS FAMILY HEALS.
>> Reporter: THE DAY 27-YEAR-
OLD RAYSHARD BROOKS DIED , HIS
WIFE TOMIKA MILLER DRESS THEIR
DAUGHTER BIRTH DAY IN HER DRESS
. SHE WAITED FOR HER DAD AND A
NEVER HAPPENED.
NEVER HAPPENED. >> I CAN NEVER GET MY HUSBAND
BACK.
BACK.
BACK. I
BACK. I CAN NEVER GET MY BEST FRIEND.
I CAN NEVER TELL MY DAUGHTER HE
IS COMING TO TAKE YOU SKATING.
>> Reporter: A FAMILY IN SHOCK.
A PAIN HARD TO SWALLOW. THEY
STILL HAVEN'T COME TO TERMS
WITH HOW HE DIED.
>> THE TRUST WE HAD WITH THE
POLICE FORCES BROKEN.
IN THE ONLY WAY TO HEAL SOME OF
THESE WOUNDS IS THROUGH A
CONVICTION AND A DRASTIC CHANGE
WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> Reporter: BROOKS DIED FRIDAY
NIGHT AFTER POLICE SAY THEY
WERE CALLED TO THE WENDY'S ON
UNIVERSITY AVENUE IN SOUTHEAST
ATLANTA ABOUT A MAN SLEEPING
IN HIS CAR IN THE DRIVE
THROUGH.
THROUGH.
THROUGH. POLICE SAY BROOKS WAS DRUNK THE
GBI SAYS WHEN THE ATLANTA
OFFICERS TRIED TO ARREST HIM,
HE STOLE AN OFFICER'S TASER AND
POINTED IT BACK AT THE OFFICERS
WHILE HE RAN.
OFFICER GARRETT WOLFE FILED THE
FATAL SHOTS.
FATAL SHOTS. >> THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO KILL HIM.
HE WASN'T THAT TYPE OF DUDE.
>> WE ARE TIRED. AND WE
FRUSTRATED.
FRUSTRATED. >> Reporter: MILLER SAYS ONE
SMALL COMFORT IS SEEING
THOUSANDS ON THE STREETS
CALLING FOR JUSTICE AND ONCE
THE PROTEST TO REMAIN PEACEFUL
SO BROOKS NAME CAN BE
REMEMBERED IN A POSITIVE LIGHT.
>> WORDS CAN'T EXPLAIN HOW
THANKFUL I AM FOR EVERYTHING,
EVEN THOUGH I CAN'T BRING MY
HUSBAND BACK I KNOW HE'S SMILING
BECAUSE HIS NAME WILL BE
REMEMBERED.
REMEMBERED. >> Reporter: WE LEARNED A FEW
NEW THINGS AT THAT NEWS
CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON
INCLUDING ALLEGATIONS ABOUT A
STRAY POLICE BULLET THAT MAY
HAVE HIT THE