US protests heat up as black man shot dead by cop

WASHINGTON: The police chief in the US city of Atlanta resigned after an officer fatally shot a black man during an arrest, the mayor said on Saturday, with the new killing injecting fresh anger into protests against racism and police brutality in the country. Images on local media showed hundreds of protesters in the streets and flames engulfing a restaurant where 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was killed. ››P8