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‘Take Back the Wendy’s’ march, rally planned at shooting site Saturday

Days after police cleared people who had camped out at the Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was killed, protesters plan to make their presence known again.

Dubbed the “Take Back the Wendy’s” march and rally, protesters plan to meet at 2 p.m. Saturday in south Atlanta and march to the burned-out restaurant off University Avenue.

The sleep-in protesters, who go by the name of the Rayshard Brooks Peace Center activists, occupied the destroyed building for weeks after Brooks was shot and killed by police in June. Since then, several shootings have taken place near the site, including one over the Fourth of July weekend that killed 8-year-old Secoriea Turner.

Read more here or on ajc.com.

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