Investigators say the man had taken a Taser from an officer but was running away when he was shot.
It had started late on Friday night when police were called to reports of a man sleeping in a car and blocking a drive-thru lane at a Wendy's restaurant.
After running a short distance, Mr Brooks"turns around and it appears to the eye that he points the Taser at the Atlanta officer", Mr Reynolds said, in comments reported by NBC. Mr Reynolds said:"In a circumstance like this where an officer is involved in the use of deadly force, the public has a right to know what happened."These were inspired by the death of
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