Rayshard Brooks: protesters set fire to Wendy’s as police officer is sacked

After black man shot dead by police, demonstrators burn down restaurant and also block a highway; officer Garrett Rolfe is sacked

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Protesters have shut down a major highway in Atlanta and set fire to a Wendy’s restaurant where a black man was shot by police as he tried to escape arrest.

Rayshard Brooks, 27, was shot dead on Friday night after police were called to the Wendy’s over reports that he had had fallen asleep in the drive-through line.

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