Video shows Officer Devin Bronsan, who joined the Atlanta Police Department in 2018, driving first to wake up Brooks.
Video footage released by the Atlanta Police Department shows the officers talking to Brooks for nearly half an hour.
When Rolfe told Brooks he was going to place him under arrest, Brooks resisted and was wrestled to the ground by both officers.
Many police jurisdictions maintain that use of force is decided on a “one up” continuum that dictates that Brooks aiming the officer’s taser at Rolfe justified his use of deadly force.
“That officer’s life has to be in imminent danger to use deadly force… If you look at the video you will see the officer is reaching for his gun before Brooks turns around and aims the taser at him,” said Brooks family attorney Chris Stewart.
