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News Articles: Rayshard Brooks

Charmaine Turner (left) with her daughter Secoriea.

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‘A Special Angel In Heaven’: Parents of Secoriea Turner Continue to Grieve, Seek Justice

For eight short years, Secoriea Turner was a bubbly, bright child who loved to dance, make TikTok videos and make new friends. She lit up every room she entered.

December 31, 2020
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  • Jade Abdul-Malik
Secoriea Turner's family attorney Mawuli Davis addresses the media in October regarding the Bozeman Law Firm's intent to sue the city of Atlanta.

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  • News

‘A Bright Light, Extinguished’: A Civil Rights Attorney Fights For Secoriea Turner’s Justice

When Secoriea Turner, an 8-year-old Black girl from west Atlanta, was killed in the aftermath of Rayshard Brooks’ death, civil rights attorney Mawuli Davis knew something had to be done.

“We believe Secoriea should be lifted up as a martyr of this movement,” he said. 

December 30, 2020
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By:
  • Jade Abdul-Malik
Police tape marks a corner of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus last May after protests over the death of George Floyd. Columbus police are investigating the shooting death of a Black man last week by a Franklin County sheriff's deputy.

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  • National

Police In Ohio Say Slain Black Man Brandished A Gun; Family Says He Held A Sandwich

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office said a deputy shot and killed 23-year-old Casey Goodson on Friday. Law enforcement recovered a gun. His family's attorneys say he was licensed to carry a firearm.

December 08, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Malia Morton (left) and Georgetta Morton (right) at Atlanta City Hall on Oct. 17, 2020.

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  • Race

‘WHO DO WE BLAME FOR THIS?’: A Stranger’s Quest To Honor Slain Secoriea Turner

November 24 is a bittersweet day. While several families prepare for socially distanced Thanksgiving festivities and children relish in the holiday break from virtual learning, some loved ones are preparing to recognize Secoriea Turner's ninth birthday. She will not be here to celebrate. 

Georgetta Morton is among those mourning the girl's death, and she's doing so by creating a memorial in Decatur. 

November 24, 2020
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  • Jade Abdul-Malik
Kentucky State Rep. Attica Scott had been arrested in September during a protest of following news that no police officers would face criminal charges for the killing of Breonna Taylor.

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  • National

Charges Dropped Against Kentucky Lawmaker Arrested At A Breonna Taylor Protest

State Rep. Attica Scott was charged with first-degree rioting, which is a felony. She was also facing lesser charges of failure to the disperse and unlawful assembly. She called charges "bogus."

November 17, 2020
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Civil rights attorney L. Chris Stewart joined other prominent Atlanta-area attorneys and victim's families in demanding reforms from Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the city of Atlanta regarding police conduct.

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  • News

Atlanta Civil Rights Attorneys Unite To Criticize City's Handling Of Police Brutality

In a show of solidarity, several of Atlanta's prominent civil rights attorneys united in a joint press conference in front of City Hall on Monday morning to criticize what they said was a two-faced effort on behalf of Mayor Lance Bottoms and the city attorney's office in the handling of police brutality cases.

October 26, 2020
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  • Sarah Rose
People attend the March on Washington, on Friday at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on the 57th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech.

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  • National

Thousands Gather For March On Washington To Demand Police Reform And Racial Equality

The "Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" march comes as frustration over police brutality and use of force have sparked national protests following the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd.

August 28, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
Fani Willis is poised to become the next Fulton County District Attorney after winning a runoff election against her former boss on Tuesday. Willis is seen here in 2014 during the trial of 12 former Atlanta Public Schools educators accused in a conspiracy to inflate state test scores.

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  • Elections

'We Made Herstory': Fani Willis Poised To Become First Woman DA in Georgia County

Willis defeated six-term Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, and her former boss, in Tuesday's runoff. Howard has been dogged by scandal, including his handling of the Rayshard Brooks case.

August 12, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
People gather near a hearse carrying Rayshard Brooks' body after his June 23 funeral at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

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  • National

Former Atlanta Police Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Sues City Over Firing

In the lawsuit, former police Officer Garrett Rolfe alleges that his firing turned him into a "public spectacle." He is charged in Brooks' killing in a Wendy's parking lot.

August 06, 2020
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  • Alana Wise
Friends, Family pay final respects to Secoriea Turner, the 8-year-old gunned down in Atlanta.

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Family, Friends Gather To Mourn The Loss Of Secoriea Turner In Atlanta

The funeral for 8-year-old Secoriea Turner took place in Atlanta on Wednesday.

Turner was killed after armed men shot at her car on July 4th, near the site where Rayshard Brooks was killed by a police officer last month.

July 15, 2020
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  • Taylor Gantt
Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., speaks during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 on Capitol Hill last month.

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  • National

Ga. Congressman Calls For Investigation Of Black DA Handling Rayshard Brooks Case

Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., wants Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard investigated for "egregious abuse of power." Collins is running for a U.S. Senate seat in the fall.

July 09, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms condemned weekend violence that included the killing of an 8-year-old girl. "You can't blame this on a police officer," Bottoms said. "You can't say this is about criminal justice reform."

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  • National

'Enough Is Enough': Atlanta Mayor Calls For Violence To End After Child Killed

Police are searching for those responsible in the death of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner. She was shot over the weekend near the Wendy's restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was killed last month.

July 06, 2020
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  • Brakkton Booker
Secoriea Turner, 8, was fatally shot in Atlanta on July 4.

$10,000 Reward Offered In Atlanta Killing Of 8-Year-Old Girl

The shooting death of an 8-year-old girl has prompted a $10,000 reward for information as authorities in Atlanta search for at least two people who...

July 06, 2020
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  • Associated Press and
  • La'Raven Taylor
In this Saturday, June 13, 2020 file photo, "RIP Rayshard" is spray-painted on a sign as flames engulf a Wendy's restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by police in Atlanta.

2 Arrested In Wendy's Fire After Rayshard Brooks' Shooting

Authorities have arrested two more people on suspicion of arson in the burning of an Atlanta Wendy’s restaurant where a police officer fatally shot...

July 02, 2020
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  • Associated Press
In this booking photo made available Thursday, June 18, 2020 by the Fulton County, Ga., Sheriff's Office, shows Atlanta Police Officer Garrett Rolfe.

Former Atlanta Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Granted Bond

A judge has ruled that the former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks can be free on bond while his case is pending. A judge on...

June 30, 2020
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  • Associated Press
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