Fires Burn at Wendy's Restaurant Where Police Shot and Killed Rayshard Brooks

Fires burned in and around a Wendy’s outlet in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 13, a night after police fatally shot a black man in the restaurant’s parking lot.

Protesters had gathered in Atlanta on the Saturday to call for an end to police brutality in memory of Kendrick Johnson and 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks, who was shot by police on Friday night.

Police said Brooks had resisted an arrest for DUI just after 10.30 pm on June 12 and had taken an officer’s taser before fleeing. Disturbing video captured the encounter at the Atlanta fast-food restaurant.

The Atlanta Police Department (APD) requested that the GBI carry out an investigation into the incident. The GBI said the APD had responded “to a complaint of a male in a vehicle parked in the drive thru asleep”, blocking other cars.

A protest that began as a call for justice over the 2013 death of Kendrick Johnson evolved into a protest for Brooks. These videos show several fires burning both inside and outside the Wendy’s restaurant; the later footage show the outlet, located next to a gas station, consumed in flames.

The Georgia NAACP called for the immediate resignation of Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields following the shooting. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Shields’ resignation hours later, saying the police chief would be reassigned to another role. Bottoms also called for the officer’s immediate termination, local media reported.

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