At least 36 people were arrested today in demonstrations in Atlanta after police shot and killed young Rayshard Brooks of black.

Police fired tear gas at protesters and blocked an intersection near Wendy's fast-food restaurant, where Brooks was shot dead.

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A protester stands from afar to watch the fire at Wendys fast food restaurant in Atlanta on June 13 Photo: Reuters.

Rayshard Brooks, 27, was shot dead by two white police officers in a parking lot in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on June 12.

A video shot by a witness at the scene showed Brooks struggling with two policemen, shocked an officer with an electric gun and punched him in the face.

Garrett Rolfe, officer opened fire to shoot Brooks, June 13 was fired.

The Brooks shootings occurred amid protests that still took place across the United States and many countries after the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man killed by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Most protests in the United States are peaceful in protest of police violence and demand for equality of blacks, but some extremists take advantage of the occasion to turn protests in New York and several cities.