Protests escalated in Atlanta on Saturday night (June 13) after another unarmed Black man, Rayshard Brooks, was killed by police the night before.
In a statement, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said that Brooks was found asleep in his car at a Wendy’s drive-thru on University Avenue on Friday night forcing other customers to drive around him, reports CNN.
As of midnight, Atlanta police said 36 arrests were made Saturday night.
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Interstate 85, located near the Wendy’s, was also nearly shut down after demonstrators tried to gain access to stop traffic.
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced on Saturday night (June 13) that Erica Shields, the police chief of the Atlanta Police Department had resigned at her request.