'Lawful but awful': Atlanta police had better options than lethal force in Rayshard Brooks shooting, experts say
As the already fiery debate about law enforcement in the U.S. is further fueled by the killing of a Black man fleeing from two white officers in Atlanta on Friday night, a term commonly known in police circles is likely to enter the mainstream: “lawful but awful.”That’s the phrase police apply to killings that may be technically legal but could have been avoided.Surveillance video shows 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was running away after resisting arrest in […]
