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Brooks, 27, was fatally shot in the back by Atlanta police on June 12 following a report that he had fallen asleep in the drive-through line at Wendy\u2019s. His death at the hands of police, just three weeks after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, added fuel to the nationwide protests that have been calling for an end to systemic racism in law enforcement and other areas of US life. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ELoved ones \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/23\/us\/rayshard-brooks-funeral.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Efondly remembered\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E Brooks as a devoted father of three, son, and husband, and a coworker who would go out of his way to help others. They also recalled the ways that he had been unfairly treated by the criminal legal system, particularly by probation. In a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/06\/17\/us\/rayshard-brooks-interview-reconnect-life-after-incarceration\/index.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFebruary interview\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, Brooks had complained about the struggle to move on with his life and provide for his family after incarceration.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cHe was running from a system that makes slaves out of people,\u201d Rev. Dr. Raphael G. Warnock, the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church, said at the funeral according to the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/23\/us\/rayshard-brooks-funeral.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cThis is much bigger than the police. This is about a whole system that cries out for renewal and reform.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cYour past doesn\u2019t define you, it refines and shapes you so that you are better equipped to step into your God-given purpose,\u201d said Ambrea Mikolajczyk, Brooks\u2019 former employer. \u201cThe system kept drawing him in, grabbing ahold of him like quicksand.\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAllison Frankel, Aryeh Neier Fellow in the US Program at Human Rights Watch, says that the US should make fundamental changes to its probation and parole systems, which often trap people in a cycle of reincarceration due to its high costs and unreasonable requirements.. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022twitter-tweet\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022 lang=\u0022en\u0022 xml:lang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EAs of 2016, 4.5 million people in the US--or 1 in 55--were under probation or parole. In Georgia, where Brooks was under probation, that number was a staggering 1 in every 18. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/mV9PchkYwS\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/mV9PchkYwS\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/t.co\/ROb1FVy87r\u0022\u003Epic.twitter.com\/ROb1FVy87r\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u2014 Allie Frankel (@abfrankel) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/abfrankel\/status\/1273710991721869320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\u0022\u003EJune 18, 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u201cBrooks\u0027 own wishes were simple: to be treated like an individual; to have more time with his family; to be seen not just for his criminal record; to lighten the pressure of his probation; to get mentorship,\u201d Frankel wrote.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EFor more on abusive systems of probation and parole \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2020\/06\/23\/rayshard-brooks-atlanta-probation-desperately-needed-changes-column\/3224008001\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Ein the US\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/06\/15\/new-york-protester-jailed-week-highlights-parole-abuses\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eread here\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]