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Mourners bid farewell to Rayshard Brooks at historic church

BY , Jun 23, 2020 10:22 PM - REPORT AN ERROR

Rayshard Brooks was remembered at the Atlanta church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached.

The private funeral for the man who was shot by a police officer was held Tuesday at Ebenezer Baptist Church.

The Rev. Raphael Warnock delivered the eulogy.

Officer Garrett Rolfe shot Brooks in the back after Brooks fired a Taser in his direction while running away after a struggle with officers outside a Wendy's restaurant on June 12.

Rolfe is white. Brooks was Black. King's daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, also delivered remarks at the funeral.

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