Killer Mike condemns death of Rayshard Brooks: “He should be alive this morning”

nme.com:

Killer Mike has spoken out about the death of Rayshard Brooks, who was fatally shot after a confrontation with Atlanta police on Friday night (June 12).“I am mad as hell and I am saddened beyond consolation,” the Run The Jewels rapper wrote on Instagram. “#RayshardBrooks should be alive this morning.

He should be waking up (hungover or drunk in the tank depending on whether he was apprehended) and not dead.”According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Brooks was asleep inside his car in the drive-in lane of a Wendy’s fast food restaurant when police were called to the scene.

After initially cooperating officers and failing a sobriety test, a scuffle ensued and Brooks ran away with one of their stun guns before being shot by one of the.