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A white former police officer was taken into custody in the United States on Thursday after being charged with the murder of a black man outside a fast-food restaurant, in the latest case to spark fury.
The wide latitude and extensive legal protections that US police have for using lethal force on suspects have come under attack after the newest police killing of a suspect in a minor infraction.
The fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer in Atlanta has poured more fuel on the raging US debate over racism, prompting another round of street protests and the resignation of the southern city’s police chief.