Rayshard Brooks struggled in system but didn't hide his past In this image made from video and released by the advocacy group Reconnect, Rayshard Brooks speaks during an interview about five months before an Atlanta police officer shot and killed him in earlier June 2020, in Atlanta. In the video interview with Reconnect, Brooks talked openly of his prison time. He described a cycle of job rejection and shame. He talked of a system that takes millions of Americans, many of them Black like him, away from their families and treats them more like animals than individuals. (Reconnect via AP)
FILE - In this Monday, June 22, 2020, file photo, Tomika Miller weeps over her husband, Rayshard Brooks, as his coffin is closed at the conclusion of his public viewing at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Brooks died June 12 after being shot by a police officer in Atlanta. About five months before he was killed by Atlanta police in a Wendy's parking lot -- before his name and case would become the latest rallying point in a massive call for racial justice and equality nationwide Brooks gave an interview to an advocacy group about his years of struggle in the criminal justice system. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool, File)
File-In this Tuesday, June 23, 2020 file photo, a musician plays music near the hearse carrying the casket of Rayshard Brooks, in Atlanta. About five months before he was killed by Atlanta police in a Wendy's parking lot -- before his name and case would become the latest rallying point in a massive call for racial justice and equality nationwide Brooks gave an interview to an advocacy group about his years of struggle in the criminal justice system. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
File-In this Tuesday, June 23, 2020 file photo, Tomika Miller, the wife of Rayshard Brooks, center, weeps near the entrance to Ebeneezer Baptist Church on, in Atlanta for the funeral of Rayshard Brooks, who died after being fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer. About five months before he was killed by Atlanta police in a Wendy's parking lot -- before his name and case would become the latest rallying point in a massive call for racial justice and equality nationwide Brooks gave an interview to an advocacy group about his years of struggle in the criminal justice system. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
File-In this Saturday, June 13, 2020 file photo, "RIP Rayshard" is spray-painted on a sign as flames engulf a Wendy's restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by police in Atlanta. About five months before he was killed by Atlanta police in a Wendy's parking lot -- before his name and case would become the latest rallying point in a massive call for racial justice and equality nationwide Brooks gave an interview to an advocacy group about his years of struggle in the criminal justice system. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
File- In this Wednesday, June 17, 2020 file photo, Nikita Gleen, raises his hand towards the sky near a Wendy's restaurant, in Atlanta. The restaurant was where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by the police. About five months before he was killed by Atlanta police in a Wendy's parking lot -- before his name and case would become the latest rallying point in a massive call for racial justice and equality nationwide Brooks gave an interview to an advocacy group about his years of struggle in the criminal justice system. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
In this image made from video and released by the advocacy group Reconnect, Rayshard Brooks speaks during an interview about five months before an Atlanta police officer shot and killed him in earlier June 2020, in Atlanta. In the video interview with Reconnect, Brooks talked openly of his prison time. He described a cycle of job rejection and shame. He talked of a system that takes millions of Americans, many of them Black like him, away from their families and treats them more like animals than individuals. (Reconnect via AP)
In this image made from video and released by the advocacy group Reconnect, Rayshard Brooks speaks during an interview about five months before an Atlanta police officer shot and killed him in earlier June 2020, in Atlanta. In the video interview with Reconnect, Brooks talked openly of his prison time. He described a cycle of job rejection and shame. He talked of a system that takes millions of Americans, many of them Black like him, away from their families and treats them more like animals than individuals. (Reconnect via AP)