ATLANTA — Neighbors volunteered their time Sunday morning to pay their respects to Rayshard Brooks and clean up following protests this weekend.
Brooks was shot and killed Friday night during a confrontation with two Atlanta police officers at a local Wendy’s.
Protests were held all day Saturday, although the night took a violent turn when some people set the restaurant on fire.
Channel 2′s Tony Thomas watched as members of the Atlanta City Council and neighbors stopped by.
Atlanta police and public works trucks blocked University Avenue Sunday morning as cleanup began.
“You can still smell the smoke. I see hurt, I see anger, I see frustration,” said Will Norwood. “I see people who are trying to find a way to express that things have to change.”
Marina Grant and several other volunteers picked up the trash around the restaurant and in the street.
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“This is my neighborhood,” Duane Kelly said.
Kelly stood nearby as NewsDrone 2 flew over the damage for a better look. Not much is left of the building following the fires that burned for hours.
“People are tired. They’re tired. Not always agreeing with the way they express that anger, but at least now people are starting to finally listen,” Kelly said.
Throughout Sunday, more and more people arrived to look at the site where so much has happened in the past two days.
“Unfortunately there is a lot of things that need to change and hopefully this is spark something,” Norwood said.
Memorials have been set up in the parking lot with flowers in support of the Brooks family.
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