Jun.15 — Jun.05 — (WARNING: Video contains graphic scenes and profanities.) Police in Atlanta released footage showing police trying to arrest 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks after he failed a sobriety test. Seconds later, they were wrestling on the ground and grappling over a Taser before Brooks took the weapon and ran. One of the officers fired at Brooks killing him. The killing of Brooks, a black man, in an encounter with two white officers, rekindled fiery protests in Atlanta and prompted the police chief’s resignation.
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The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and the use of force legitimized by the state via the monopoly on violence.
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