the officer who shoot brooks, garrett rolph, has been fired. the other officer has been placed on administrative duty. cnn's dianne gallagher, live, in atlanta to begin our coverage this hour. it's, what, just after 2:00 a.m., here, in atlanta. where do they stand? are they done for the night? or looking to stay out in the streets a while longer yet? >> the protests are still ongoing. although, it is a much smaller number of people who are out. they are by that wendy's that you were showing and -- and stores that are nearby it. larger number of police forces have shown up to try and disperse. and, according to our local affiliates here, just performed some sort of irritant to try and get the crowds to go home. those reporters who work for the local affiliate complain of burning eyes and throats, and having to cough as well, john. so they're still working, at this point, to get the protestors to go home. those protestors, though, are very determined. there is a lot of anger and pain and frustration that was lashed out onto the streets of atlanta