Atlanta protests grow over deadly police shooting of African American man

Protests are growing in Atlanta, Georgia, over the deadly police shooting of Rayshard Brooks, an African American man, outside a fast-food restaurant in the city on Friday.

As of 10:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, the protests are continuing in the city and the demonstrators have marched onto a highway which now has been shut down.

At the other side of the city, local media reported that the police have dispatched tear gas on crowds outside of the restaurant where Brooks was killed. 

(Cover: Demonstrators react after marching onto I-75 and shutting down the interstate in Atlanta, U.S., Saturday, June 13, 2020. /AP)