Atlanta Mayor Promises Police Use of Force Will Change After Rayshard Brooks Shooting

By Kate Brumback, AP Atlanta’s mayor is vowing to change police use-of-force policies and require that officers receive continuous training in how to deescalate situations before the consequences become fatal. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced her plans after the police killing of another black man, Rayshard Brooks, outside a fast-food restaurant on Friday touched off … Read more

Does Firing a TASER at a Police Officer Justify the Use of Deadly Force? [VIDEO]

By Russ Bynum and Brynn Anderson, AP One minute, Rayshard Brooks was chatting cooperatively with Atlanta police, saying he’d had a couple of drinks to celebrate his daughter’s birthday and agreeing to a breath test. The next, they were wrestling on the ground and grappling over a Taser before Brooks took the weapon and ran. … Read more