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Atlanta Police Chief Resigns After Officer Shoots and Kills a Black Man (Published 2020)
Rayshard Brooks had fallen asleep in his vehicle at a Wendy’s drive-through. He was shot after grabbing a Taser from an officer, the authorities said, prompting fresh unrest in the city.
www.nytimes.com
The authorities said the man, Rayshard Brooks, 27, had run from the police on Friday night after failing a sobriety test and grabbing a Taser from an officer during a struggle with him.
Mayor Bottoms said that security footage appeared to show that Mr. Brooks had fired the Taser toward the officer, who was chasing him before he was killed, but that she did not consider that a justification for the shooting.
The officer has been fired.
The police chief has also resigned.
this seems like a clear case of self defense to me.
What am i missing that not only was the officer wrong, he was so wrong that he got fired?