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"RIP Rayshard" is spray painted on a sign as as flames engulf a Wendy's restaurant during protests Saturday, June 13, 2020, in Atlanta. The restaurant was where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by police Friday evening following a struggle in the restaurant's drive-thru line. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Garrett Rolfe, Atlanta police officer, fired after Rayshard Brooks shooting

By Russ Bynum and Brynn Anderson - Associated Press

"RIP Rayshard" is spray painted on a sign as as flames engulf a Wendy's restaurant during protests Saturday, June 13, 2020, in Atlanta. The restaurant was where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by police Friday evening following a struggle in the restaurant's drive-thru line. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

`Stop fighting!’ Atlanta sobriety test quickly turned deadly

By RUSS BYNUM and BRYNN ANDERSON - Associated Press

"RIP Rayshard" is spray painted on a sign as as flames engulf a Wendy's restaurant during protests Saturday, June 13, 2020, in Atlanta. The restaurant was where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by police Friday evening following a struggle in the restaurant's drive-thru line. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Atlanta police chief resigns after fatal police shooting; Wendy’s set on fire

By Russ Bynum and Brynn Anderson - Associated Press

How COVID-19 is transforming the film industry

By NEDRA RHONE and RODNEY HO and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Associated Press

Kasharri Blacknell, a poll worker, places tape indicators for maintaining social distancing as Gwinnett County residents cast their votes during the Georgia primary elections at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church in Duluth, Ga., Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

‘Overwhelming’: Georgia poll worker describes voting chaos

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

A person waits in line to vote in the Georgia's primary election at Park Tavern on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

‘It’s broken’: Fears grow about patchwork US election system

By STEVE PEOPLES and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 1, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump arrives to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Trump eyes racial equality debate through economic lens

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and AAMER MADHANI and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to a GOP women's group on March 3, 2020, in Rome, Ga. Greene is one of nine Republicans seeking her party's nomination in Georgia's 14th Congressional District on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (John Bailey/Rome News-Tribune via AP)

Runoffs set in 5 Georgia congressional primaries

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Kelsey Luker reads as she waits in line to vote, Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Atlanta. Luker said she had been in line for almost two hours. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Primary chaos puts Georgia in race to fix voting by November

By KATE BRUMBACK and RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

Jon Ossoff arrives to sign papers to qualify to run in the Senate race against Republican Sen. David Perdue on Wednesday, March 4, 2020, in Atlanta. Perdue s running for reelection to a second term. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) ** FILE **

Runoffs set in 5 Georgia congressional primaries

By Jeff Amy - Associated Press

People vote at voting booths in the Georgia's primary election at Park Tavern on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Heat, rain, long lines: Georgia election plagued by problems

By STEVE PEOPLES and BEN NADLER and SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press

Voters wait in a line that stretched around the Metropolitan Library in Atlanta, Georgia, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (Steve Schaefer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

The Latest: Ga. Democratic Senate primary too early to call

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Diamond Lee of Washington, helps her son Jaylen, 4, look at signs hanging on a police fence at 16th and H Street, Tuesday, June 9, 2020, near the White House in Washington, after days of protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump eyes racial equality debate through economic lens

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and AAMER MADHANI and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Georgia National Guard troops prepare to enforce a 9:00 pm curfew as demonstrators chant, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in Atlanta. Protests continued following the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Emergency ends, Georgia guardsmen sent home from protests

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at a memorial service for George Floyd at North Central University Thursday, June 4, 2020, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

The Latest: Flash bang, pepper spray disperses Seattle crowd

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A group of demonstrators march from the Martin Luther King center toward Piedmont Park as protests continued in Atlanta, Saturday, June 6, 2020. Demonstrations continue across the United States in protest of racism and police brutality, sparked by the May 25 death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis. (Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Curfew lifted in Atlanta as thousands protest across Georgia

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

CORRECTS TO MEMORIAL SERVICE, NOT FUNERAL - George Floyd's casket carried to a hearse after a memorial service for Floyd at North Central University, Thursday, June 4, 2020, in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Demonstrators vow to sustain momentum until change happens

By BEN FOX and COREY WILLIAMS and JEFF AMY - Associated Press

In this March 10, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to members of the press at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. The police killing of George Floyd and the civil and political unrest that’s rocked the nation in the week since has the potential to reshape Joe Biden’s vice-presidential selection process. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Civil unrest could influence Joe Biden’s search for running mate

By Alexandra Jaffe and Bill Barrow - Associated Press

The Georgia National Guard lines up in front of the of the College Football Hall of Fame in the aftermath of a demonstration against police violence on Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) ** FILE **

College Football Hall of Fame damaged in Atlanta protests

By Paul Newberry - Associated Press

A security guard walks behind shattered glass at the CNN building at the CNN Center in the aftermath of a demonstration against police violence on Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Atlanta protest scattered by tear gas, heavy police presence

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press