Amidst protests against police brutality, Rayshard Brooks, who is Black, was shot and killed by an officer in Atlanta on Friday, June 12th. The officer who shot Brooks has been fired, and the police chief has resigned, while across the country, protests against police brutality and racism continue. On this episode of Into America, host Trymaine Lee talks to NBC News correspondent Blayne Alexander, who has been reporting the story in Georgia, and spoke to Brooks’ wife over the weekend. Plus they also discuss the emotional toll of being a Black journalist covering this moment. https://link.chtbl.com/obvkRMCh?sid=ep28
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