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Kicking brooks as he lay on the ground after being shot. Rolfes Attorney Says that is not true. The other officer allegedly stood on brooks shoulders while brooks was on the ground. Prosecutors said that officer would be a witness for the state, but in an unusual twist, officer officer devon brosnans Attorney Says thats not true, they didnt agree to that. Both men must turn themselves in today. Also this morning, coronavirus cases are surging now in 23 states. That is two more than yesterday. Ten states have set records for the highest sevenday average of new cases. Despite those facts, those numbers, President Trump remains in denial. He insists the virus is, quote, dying out. Thats not what the facts say. Cnns Diane Gallagher is live in atlanta with our top story. ....
Council vice chair Vanessa Hall Harper who told the l. A. Times, quote, this is just the perfect storm for something very bad to happen in this community. I wish that leadership in this state and this city would have done something to stop it from coming here at this time, end quote. The it to which he is referring is donald trump. Tomorrow trump will hold his first big Campaign Rally in the age of coronavirus, and it is clear that no officials in the heavily republican state of oklahoma will be stopping him. In fact, no republican officials in the country seem to be brave enough to tell the president not to hold a rally in a 19,000seat arena in oklahoma as the state continues to set covid records. Well have more on that in a moment. We should start hearing whats happening tonight in tulsa. Youre looking at live pictures now from tulsas celebration of juneteenth, which m ....
Police officer involved. This despite Law Enforcement suggesting that new video they just released shows the suspect did make a threatening move, and police reacted. So lets explain how we got here. There have been protests throughout the day in atlanta after cell phone video emerged of the deadly shooting of 27yearold Rayshard Brooks. We want to warn you, this video may be disturbing. Police say they were called to a wendys on a report of a man sleeping in his car and blocking other drivers. After they woke brooks up they say he failed a dui test and resisted arrest, getting into a scuffle with police which continued for some time before he is seen on the video getting up and running from the officers. But the Georgia Bureau of investigation came out just a short time ago to say the video doesnt tell the whole story, ....