Atlanta Police Fatally Shoot Black Man in the Back at Wendy's Drive-Thru

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A 27-year-old African-American man was shot in the back and killed by Atlanta police Friday night, after someone complained he was sleeping in his car at a Wendy's drive-thru.

TMZ obtained video of what went down around 10:30 PM ... cops got a call that the car in which the man was sleeping was blocking other cars in line. The other customers could still pick up their food ... they just had to go around him to the window.under arrest -- after they say he failed field sobriety testing. In the video, you can see the officers wrestling with Rayshard on the ground for nearly 30 seconds.

Additional details surrounding the shooting are unclear. The GBI said one of the APD officers suffered minor injuries ... he was treated at the hospital and released. Several bystanders witnessed the incident and were enraged and yelled at the cops moments after the shooting.

 

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The sad part is why can’t we be our sisters and brothers keeper. Dude recording the video was entertained while using profanity then the officer shoots his gun and now you have kids. Not judging but we have to do and we can do better. I am sure people saw him sleep in his car.

Where is ur report on the officer who is on a ventilator, paralyzed from neck down, and can’t talk in Vegas after being shot by protesters? BTW show the whole video in this case.....

More like suicide by cop. Don't try to make this a race issue because it isn't

And Wendy's will most likely apologize to the police.

It Shouldn't Be Against The Law To Shoot Anyone In The Back! When Will This Stop! stopkillingblacks

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It's still fuck TMZ

Tell the whole story idiots

Arrest these guys

🙄

I thought he was killed for stealing a Baconator, but no he was killed for sleeping.... I mean all they had to do was turn up some Conway Twitty and the brother would have have woke up and been on his way.

Why was he shot for sleeping in his fucking car?

Yeah, looks like the police shot him in anger after he resisted them and tried to run away. I could see that shooting coming once he took off. It was over.

man literally punched and tackled the cops, then proceeded to run with their taser. what else were they supposed to do

STOP KILLING US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PoliceViolence PoliceBrutality PoliceTerrorists

We’ve seen these past weeks the use of rubber bullets. Why Police Departments don’t implement more non-lethal means to apprehend suspects.

Why did they shoot him?

If shooting is absolutely necessary, shoot to STOP, NOT KILL.

Another Democratic City with a Democratic Mayor! She’s been on all the news discussing this issue, let’s hear her now

Not saying shooting was justified as I can’t see what happened in entirety...but a much easier solution than rioting, defunding police, etc. would be for people to STOP fighting and resisting arrest.

Their motto is just to kill n kill. Ridiculous

Another riot

That’s awful👀

You didnt have to shoot him. You knew who he was and it wouldn't be that hard to track him down... Quit killing people! blacklivesmatter

police need to go to jail like wtf my daughters school was visited early this year by police for job day and my daughter told me the other day that police can do whatever they want because no one can arrest them, like no I had to address this real swift with her. Need change now!

He wrestled with the cops for 30 secs and took one of there tasers...what if he took one of there guns.... thats why they fired there service weapon..... stop reporting this bullshit

If this guy ran off and murdered a bystander people would be upset the cops didn’t do more to stop him.

Whatever happened to tmz reporting on kylie jenner being a billionaire now this is what we get

It's unfortunate that his life was ended in this way, but why was he resisting arrest? Why did he run away from the police?

Where's the rest of the story....... im sure he did nothing wrong to be shot at right?

Our models show that pandemic declining across Western world with simple distancing since no reliable tests nor vaccines exist. Trump had few options but as US enters 2nd wave peak will have just 48% of first wave cases.

We have to lose our ancient ideas of what could happen next if someone runs from the police. They had all this guy's information. There's really nowhere this guy could run where the police just couldn't pick him up. So why do cops chase people after they have their information

Stop TMZ . Just stop 🛑. This is not the time to incite riots

Cool now let’s move on.

So let the bullets do the running for the lazy out of shape cops. Would have been better off if he’d shot 9 people in a church. Lazy bums.

Why was he even fighting back first n we don't know how it started

Shooting someone running away. Cop should be on trial for murder

I’m not sure if police officers realize this, but everything they do is being watched. Don’t be stupid... just saying.

BlackLivesMatter BlackLivesMatter BlackLivesMatter

Its never going to change... lol how long its been...you think its really ever going to stop?

They shot him in the back cause that was threatening to them SMH

WHATTTTTTTTTT

Stop fueling the fire 🔥

Just stop shooting people and also stop resisting arrest already....FUCK

TheJimCornette GreatBrianLast Good thing Corny gave up Wendy’s! Cops are shooting people there.

Running away from the police is dangerous for you but not from them. No, he should have fought the police and should have complied but damn....he’s dead because he was asleep in a car?!? He wasn’t armed, drunk/high but not armed. 😢

I don’t understand why it is always shoot to kill , let alone shooting in the back . How stupid are these officers, with all that is going on you can be guaranteed that at least one person is video taping. You’re not hiding anything anymore.

Another bullshit headline. State the facts TMZ. Tell what the criminal did in the headline and not bait people

He resisted arrest for sleeping in a drive thru while intoxicated. These days just let him go. Let everyone live to see another day. If he was known in past for being violent then I might say justified.

And these past few weeks we've learned nothing. 🤦🤦

Okay he was drunk, resisting arrest, fought the officers, and stole a taser....Im not saying they should have killed him but they tried everything they could to subdue him beforehand. Don't even try to attach this to BLM.

Okay this is too much!!! Pack up all your stuff and come back to Africa! Your home! Come back

Comply people. Comply! How hard can that be. 🤔🙄

Wtf

Is this another False Flag Ops like the George Floyd video? The real George died 3 years ago.

Because Black men are threats even when they have their backs to you 🇺🇸🇺🇸.

Just leave your fucking guns in the car!

This one is different but still, shooting to kill someone running away...arrest his ass later wtf

Cops carry deadly weapons. If you choose to physically assault them most likely they will use it. If during this fight you attempt to grab their weapons you will absolutely die.

Shot another one time to activate the SMITTY SQUAD and let them handle situations like this, outcome would be better then this ish

Ok. So he resisted. He also was running away and they were mad because he got the best of them and shot him while he was running away. WTF man. Is it really worth it police? Let the dude run. WTF.

So the ppl recording thought it was pretty hilarious to see blk man wrestling with cop?! How abt next time encourage your them to comply and stop resisting and hire a lawyer later to sue for wrongful arrest!

No justice, peace!!!

No more white cops! Every white cop needs to be let go

Wtf

ATTN: EVERYONE! If you are asleep in your car/on drugs/committing crimes/breaking the law, etc. COMPLY WITH POLICE, SPEAK RESPECTFULLY, DO NOT RESIST ARREST/WRESTLE WITH COPS!

Those police in USA need to be put on a lesh

What did he do?

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

Ever notice how the media never mentions when white people are killed, over twice as many whites are killed by police each year than blacks. I wonder why 🙄🤷

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

Well he should have been cooperative with law enforcements people make a situation bad not cops!

Do they ever consider not resisting or are they that retarded?

Find her Twitter and do y’all thang

Folks, if you fight with police, it’s going to end badly for you. It’s just no way around that.

Good

Texas_Savant_2 It never ends I guess.

Now tell the whole story

So, this is Wakanda, huh? Tip KeishaBottoms

Heading should’ve been “Police kill ANOTHER black man. Say his name - Rayshard Brooks”

Atlanta Police fatally shoots human being who passed out drunk in a Wendy’s drive thru and physically attacked officers while attenpting to resist arrest

Make this stop !!

Dude was high or drunk. Resisting arrest. Trying to take the taser from the police. Let’s call him a saint give him a gold casket too. Forget about all of the black on black shootings in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend. 92 shot. 27 dead!!! Where is the outrage?

What was he doing wrong

So wrestling with the cops and running away is OK? Couldn't just talk to the cops. Smh

Nope... This is Murder! Whether he resisted or ran, those cops had 1 outcome in mind, shoot to kill. While Dylan Roof, the killer of 9 Black people in a Church, sitting somewhere saying to himself, 'good thing I wasn't drinking and driving!'

Are you all going to protest this or no because it’s the same color crime ?

Cowardly cops.

What did he do

So the Blue Isis use Black human beings for target practice on a regular basis.

The guy was punching the cops and throwing them around to intentionally avoid arrest and run away from the cops. Stop breaking the fucking law and cops won't come.

Breaking: Man tries to EXECUTE 2 OFFICERS,TAKE THEIR VEHICLE,before he is shot:

DON'T RUN FROM THE POLICE

This is the media’s fault for making people fearful of cops. 9 unarmed black men shot by cops in 2019! 9! Please don’t run! This breaks my heart because the media has made it out like cops hunt black ppl. This narrative is false!

If they had to shoot because their lives were threatened as suspect was running away (IMO no reason to shoot when he’s fleeing).... so why shoot him in the back? Could have shot him in a less life threatening area? Leg? Shoulder? Or just run him down?

The police brutality is bad. However people thinking because someone (usually a Black person) doesn’t comply means they should be killed is SICKENING! It’s an unarmed man. They have tasers. They could have hustled and ran. Be creative 🤦🏻‍♂️

That cop would have shot hm no matter what color he was! Evert ginger isn't about what color you are!!

Simple don’t sit in a drive thru drunk , fight the cops , take their weapon and expect to live .

ALL YOU FORCES TRYING TO TAKE DOWN THE POLICE: MAY THE LORD GOS ALMIGHTY JESUS CHRIST TAKE YOU DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And that is murder, move on and convict

STOP RESISTING ARREST,RUNNING FROM THE POLICE, AND TRYING TO PHYSICALLY FIGHT THEM!!!!!!

Still Not Listening Huh? BLACK_LIVES_MATTER PoliceBrutality PoliceReform DefundThePolice

My Lord... I am scared for my life in this America... Its terrifying... I can’t look at a white person or cop anymore and not feel sometype of way... My God!.

“But what about Chicago” bitch those aren’t racially motivated like these are 🤦🏽‍♂️

LAW & ORDER!

'Hey bro, we got kidz!!' But let's not take them out of harm's way so we can record everything.

Hey TMZ, 20 black people were just shot. Would you like the address so you can rush down there and cover it? NAH

Not making excuses for the cops that was abuse of force and needs investigation. However, these enraged bystanders? Why didn't they knock on his window and try and wake him up? Don't be so enraged afterwards when you could of done something beforehand that may have prevented it.

Fuck 12 and imma keep saying it too 🖕🏾🖕🏾

So he grabbed the taser, fought,and ran?What do you think is going to happen? I’ve told my children Don’t resist, keep ur hands where they can see them, no sudden movements, and if you’re caught doing anything-own it and accept the consequences and for Gods sake don’t run!

'Officers fatally shoot man who goes for officers taser' Its not hard TMZ but nah trying to spark more unrest is more lucrative

Aim small, miss small. 😄

TMZ what are you doing

How do you go from falling asleep in your car to being killed by the cops? The dude left his car behind and was running away!! 🤦🏾‍♂️

the white comments are hilarious.. justifying murder with excuses... are these pigs so inept that the only action was to shot this guy in the back..

How many Black men were fatally shot by other Black men in Atlanta last night? Chicago? St Louis? Everybody's all 'outraged' and 'concerned' - why don't y'all care about that?

Here is a news story idea... How many people have been harmed by police when they COMPLY ? ZERO,ZIP,NONE,NADDDA. Where are people so fucking DUMB!

White officers sure are scared out there

All these partial videos leaking out rediculose... but this on exonerates the officers realDonaldTrump POTUS GovKemp

If he was running away from you what’s the point shooting him? Is he a prey that must be hunted down and killed. If the other vehicles could get around him and get their orders what’s the sense in escalating the situation? Again fighting the police is not the best thing to do...

Let's burn some shit down!

More FAKE MSM trying to make more riots!

Lets educate people on what the word comply means

I saw the suspect resisting and take the taser. Don’t see the actual shooting.

yikes although he shouldn't have ran

The American police are the most brutal and unaccountable gang on the planet.

Another resisite....... Why resisite? WHY

this is ridiculous

I guess we should do like Seattle and throw block parties.

Before posting news, first get the facts.

So, tmz is hopping on the racebaiting bandwagon ? Why? Stop it

Well fuel to the fire

remember who the biggest antagonists and riot starters are in the media. TMZ/CNN/CBS are the big three. The biggest inciters. Its what happens when your organisation is ran by irresponsible agenda led morons thirsty for clicks

Looks like Atlanta needs to have a job fair and hire some new police officers. Terrible.

Even in an active, full-fledged war zone, you CANNOT shoot the enemy in the back and kill them after failing to restrain them during a traffic violation.

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