A memorial service was held on Tuesday at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church

Please Visit a https 3A 2F 2Fwww facebook com 2FScathc 2F a Please Subscribe a https 3A 2F 2Fwww youtube com 2Fchannel 2FUCTYl1JbLKvNsuHS-5YY-88g 3Fsub confirmation 3D1 a Rayshard Brooks may be gone but never forgotten A funeral was held for the 27-year-old Black man on Tuesday at Atlanta's historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where the Rev Martin Luther King Jr served as co-pastor Brooks died after he was shot and killed by police in a Wendy's parking lot in Atlanta on June 12 just weeks after the fatal arrest of George Floyd in Minneapolis Brooks' death sparked even more outrage across the country amid the Black Lives Matter movement and ongoing protests A number of Brooks' family and friends were in attendance including his wife Tomika Miller Rev Raphael Warnock also gave a shout-out to a few notable celebrities like Phaedra Parks T I and Tiny Harris and Tyler Perry Brooks' mother-in-law Rochelle Gooden was one of the first to speak during the ceremony saying He always took me as 'Mom ' and I always took him as 'Son ' because that's what he was to me and he still is in my heart my son Rayshard took care of his family lik News News BlackLivesMatter

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