Eight videos and three witnesses who could have been shot themselves factored into the decision for charging an Atlanta police officer with murder and other crimes for the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks at a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta the night of June 12, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said.

“Mr. Brooks was calm, cordial and cooperative,” Howard said at a news conference Wednesday during which he went over the video evidence. “His demeanor was almost jovial.”

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