A new video of the traffic stop that led to the death of Rayshard Brooks. This video covers from the time that they woke him up in the parking lot at Wendy’s. To be more precise, he fell asleep in the drive thru lane. They talked to him gently and politely. They treated him with respect throughout. Then they gave him a breathalyzer test, which he failed. When they went to arrest him he went crazy and attacked both officers, making off with one of their tasers.
He started running away when he suddenly stopped and apparently fired the taser at them. That’s when the police shot him down with a wound that led to his death. Is shooting a taser at officers a reason for deadly force? I really couldn’t tell you and the best thing is to wait until they finish investigating in Atlanta, Georgia. The case is not clear cut and the officer was fired before any investigation and before new videos came out.
Here is the video of the initial stop:
https://youtu.be/h30MJIdRMeg
And here is the video from when Brooks got violent:
And here is the video of when he turns around and aims the taser at the cops:
Brooks was caught on camera wrestling with police and resisting arrest.
He was shot dead after he took the officer’s taser gun and fled down the street and fired the taser at police.
Here is the video.
Brooks was fighting two police officers.
Now new video released shows the officers being patient and respected to Rayshard Brooks before he resisted arrest.
It appears the police did everything in their power to keep calm and control the situation.
It’s when Brooks became violent, beat the police, and then fired the taser at police that he ended up dead.
There’s a lesson here.