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Photos: Atlanta shooting rekindles Black Lives Matter protests in the US

The weeks of historic demonstrations ignited by the May 25 killing of African American man George Floyd by a police officer in Minnepolis continued over the weekend using peaceful means and calling for systemic reforms against racism and police brutality. There appeared however, a resurgence of public anger after the death of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks during a confrontation with police in Atlanta -- the latest in a long line of unarmed black men being killed by white law enforcement in the US.

Updated on: Jun 14, 2020 3:12 PM IST

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A couple kneels and raises their hands at a memorial for George Floyd following a day of demonstrations on June 13 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Demonstrations against systemic racism being held across the US are now entering their fourth week following the death of Floyd, a black man who died on May 25 after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. (Kerem Yucel / AFP)

Updated on Jun 14, 2020 3:12 PM

A couple kneels and raises their hands at a memorial for George Floyd following a day of demonstrations on June 13 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Demonstrations against systemic racism being held across the US are now entering their fourth week following the death of Floyd, a black man who died on May 25 after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. (Kerem Yucel / AFP)

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A protester watches as a Wendy’s restaurant outlet burns following a rally against racial inequality and the police shooting death of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta, Georgia on June 13. Brooks’ death after he was shot in the drive-through restaurant’s parking lot during an arrest on June 12 has injected fresh anger into the nationwide protests. (Elijah Nouvelage / REUTERS)

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A protester watches as a Wendy’s restaurant outlet burns following a rally against racial inequality and the police shooting death of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta, Georgia on June 13. Brooks’ death after he was shot in the drive-through restaurant’s parking lot during an arrest on June 12 has injected fresh anger into the nationwide protests. (Elijah Nouvelage / REUTERS)

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Demonstrators block an intersection as they march through the Country Club Plaza district in Kansas City, Missouri on June 13 while protesting against the death of George Floyd. The death of George Floyd has sparked protests in all 50 states of the United States and is dozens of countries around the worked. (Charlie Riedel / AP)

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Demonstrators block an intersection as they march through the Country Club Plaza district in Kansas City, Missouri on June 13 while protesting against the death of George Floyd. The death of George Floyd has sparked protests in all 50 states of the United States and is dozens of countries around the worked. (Charlie Riedel / AP)

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Clemson University football player Darien Rencher (C), leads a “March for Change” protest at Bowman Field on June 13 in Clemson, South Carolina. The march came a day after Clemson trustees voted to rename its honours college, stripping from the program the name of former vice president and slavery proponent John C. Calhoun. (Maddie Meyer / Getty Images / AFP)

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Clemson University football player Darien Rencher (C), leads a “March for Change” protest at Bowman Field on June 13 in Clemson, South Carolina. The march came a day after Clemson trustees voted to rename its honours college, stripping from the program the name of former vice president and slavery proponent John C. Calhoun. (Maddie Meyer / Getty Images / AFP)

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Pride colour and the ‘BLM’ acronym are projected over the statue of Confederate General Robert Lee on June 12 in Richmond, Virginia. Across the US and in the UK, protests have renewed debate over statues and monuments in public spaces linked to slavery and racial oppression with several either defaced or taken down. (Eze Amos / Getty Images / AFP)

Updated on Jun 14, 2020 3:12 PM

Pride colour and the ‘BLM’ acronym are projected over the statue of Confederate General Robert Lee on June 12 in Richmond, Virginia. Across the US and in the UK, protests have renewed debate over statues and monuments in public spaces linked to slavery and racial oppression with several either defaced or taken down. (Eze Amos / Getty Images / AFP)

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Protesters get support from a passenger in a car as they march past CNN during a demonstration over police brutality and racism on June 13 in Atlanta. Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields stepped down yesterday responding to demonstrators’ call for action in response to the killing of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks. (John Amis / Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Updated on Jun 14, 2020 3:12 PM

Protesters get support from a passenger in a car as they march past CNN during a demonstration over police brutality and racism on June 13 in Atlanta. Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields stepped down yesterday responding to demonstrators’ call for action in response to the killing of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks. (John Amis / Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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Members of the SEUI 1199 union, the nation’s largest health care workers’ union, kneel for eight minutes and 46 seconds, during a vigil and walkout action demanding justice in the police action related deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, outside New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan on June 11. (Mike Segar / REUTERS)

Updated on Jun 14, 2020 3:12 PM

Members of the SEUI 1199 union, the nation’s largest health care workers’ union, kneel for eight minutes and 46 seconds, during a vigil and walkout action demanding justice in the police action related deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, outside New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan on June 11. (Mike Segar / REUTERS)

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Police officers are reflected in the glass wall of a bus stop as a demonstration calling for the defunding of the police department marches by June 13 in Philadelphia. The protests have added urgency to the need for police reforms and led to several cities reconsidering tactics employed by officers on the field or changing the nature of police forces altogether. (David Goldman / AP)

Updated on Jun 14, 2020 3:12 PM

Police officers are reflected in the glass wall of a bus stop as a demonstration calling for the defunding of the police department marches by June 13 in Philadelphia. The protests have added urgency to the need for police reforms and led to several cities reconsidering tactics employed by officers on the field or changing the nature of police forces altogether. (David Goldman / AP)

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Demonstrators put their arms around each other while staging a die-in outside police headquarters during a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd in Salem, Massachusetts on June 12. (Brian Snyder / REUTERS)

Updated on Jun 14, 2020 3:12 PM

Demonstrators put their arms around each other while staging a die-in outside police headquarters during a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd in Salem, Massachusetts on June 12. (Brian Snyder / REUTERS)

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