This screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Rayshard Brooks speaking with Officer Garrett Rolfe in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant, late Friday
ATLANTA police fired officer Garrett Rolfe today for shooting dead Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old black man, on Friday night as anti-racist protests continued to surge across the US and the world.
The Georgia city’s Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said she had accepted the resignation of police chief Erika Shields.
“I do not believe this was a justified use of deadly force,” she said.
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous contribution to global development
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports on TUC Congress discussions on how to confront the far right and rebuild the left’s appeal to workers
