A special prosecutor has ruled that the 2020 police killing of a motorist Rayshard Brooks, in the car park of a Georgia fast-food restaurant was legally justified.

A special prosecutor has ruled that the 2020 police killing of a motorist Rayshard Brooks, in the car park of a Georgia fast-food restaurant was legally justified.

27 year old Brooks, was fatally shot about three weeks after the killing of George Floyd sparked international racial justice protests.

Brooks, who was black, was gunned down after fighting with two white officers who were trying to arrest him, but civil rights groups said a grand jury should have reviewed the case.

He was detained during a traffic stop outside a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta on 12 June 2020 and bodycam footage showed that he was asleep at the wheel and blocking a drive-through lane when officers approached.