Murder charges were handed down Wednesday against, Garrett Rolfe, the white Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks in the back, stating that Brooks posed no threat and that the officer violated his oath kicking him and not offering medical treatment for over 2 minutes.
Brooks wrestled a stun gun from officers but was running away and was 18 feet and 3 inches from Officer Rolfe when he opened fire, District Attorney Paul Howard said during a news conference.
Ahead of the district attorney’s scheduled announcement, Rolfe’s lawyers issued a statement saying the officer feared for his safety and that of others around him and was justified in shooting Brooks.
Atlanta (BNC) — Today, Paul Howard announced that officer Garrett Rolfe would be facing 11 charges following the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks.
The most egregious the revelation was the treatment of Brooks after he shot and killed in the parking lot with Rolfe kicking the man and the other officer, Devin Brosnan, standing on Brooks’ shoulders.
