Rayshard Brooks was "almost cheerful", as the policemen talked to him on Friday night in Atlanta. A short time later, the African American was dead. A police officer, the maximum penalty now.

Atlanta (AP) - After the death of Rayshard Brooks after a police operation in the US city of Atlanta, one of the officials involved have to fear the death penalty.

The Prosecutor's office complained to the police on Wednesday (local time), among other things, for the murder of. He had applied excessive force, said attorney Paul Howard in Atlanta in the U.S. state of Georgia. On imprisonment without the possibility of parole or even the death penalty in the case of a conviction of life.

The death of 27-had Year's heats after the use of the nationwide protests against police violence and racism in the United States after the fall of George Floyd in Minneapolis further. Brooks was asleep on Friday evening at the wheel of his car, as he waited in line at a fast food restaurant.

the police found that he had too much to drink and wanted to take him in. It came to a scuffle, Brooks grabbed the electro-shock device of a civil servant, and fled. One of the two police officers fired shots, which hit him in the back and fatally injured. He was summarily dismissed, the suspended other officials on a provisional basis.

Brooks have shown in more than 40 minutes of entertainment with the official "never any aggressive behavior" or a threat presented, said attorney Howard. His behavior was cooperative and "almost happy". After the man walked after the shots to the ground, had kicked the accused police officer Brooks in addition. About two minutes, while he struggled for his life, have no-one to the 27-Year-old taken care of. A bullet of the policeman had met Brooks, therefore, to the heart. In a first statement the police officer then", I told him to get caught".

According to Howard's data, the second involved a policeman was accused of, among other things, due to severe body injury. He had put on the shoulders of the Dying, to see how the record was. He stated that it is also ready to testify as a witness. For the charges, the investigators evaluated according to its own information of eight Videos, including the body cameras of the police officers. In addition, witnesses were heard, and a ballistic analysis, and the preliminary autopsy report has been viewed.

The lawyer of the Brooks family, Justin Miller, welcomed the decision of the public Prosecutor's office. "But this is only the first step. Step two is the conviction on all counts is". Widow Tomika Miller, reported only briefly, and visibly emotional to speak. She was very hurt. "Father's day is coming up and all I can think of is, what if my husband would still be here." Brooks daughter had become a media reported on Saturday, eight years old.

Brooks died less than three weeks after the African-American George Floyd was killed in a brutal police operation in the state of Minnesota killed. Floyd's fate has sparked ongoing protests against police violence and racism. After the death of Brooks', there had been angry protests in Atlanta. The fast-food restaurant, on whose Parking lot the act was done, on went the following night in flames. The police chief of the city, Erika Shields, resigned.

The mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms, had on Monday announced a reform of the police. Police officers would have to be "a protector, not a warrior," said the mayor on Monday. You decrees, regulations to limit the use of force by police officers on the bare minimum. All officials must in future be always trained in de-escalation, she said. In addition, all police officers have to intervene in the future in case of excessive use of force by colleagues, and this report, in order to avoid penalties.