Rayshard Brooks, One Year Later

I'm thinking about what this shooting cost everyone: Brooks' and his family, the city, Keisha Lance Bottoms' political future, and my own peace of mind.

One year ago, I watched the Wendy’s burn.

I stood there with a dead cell phone in my pocket after streaming all day, surrounded by chaos, as vandals torched the Atlanta Wendy’s where police shot and killed Rayshard Brooks. I watched a young white guy in a bandanna pick his way out of the broken drive through window as the place burned. I watched three yo…