ATLANTA (AP)– One minute, Rayshard Brooks was talking cooperatively with Atlanta authorities, saying he ‘d had a number of drinks to commemorate his daughter’s birthday and agreeing to a breath test. The next, they were wrestling on the ground and grappling over a Taser before Brooks took the weapon and ran.
Seconds later on, 3 gunshots sounded and Brooks fell mortally wounded.
Atlanta cops video released Sunday showing an apparently regular sobriety check outside a Wendy’s dining establishment that quickly spun out of control, ending in shooting. The killing of the 27- year-old black male in an encounter with 2 white officers late Friday rekindled intense protests in Atlanta and prompted the cops chief’s resignation.
Cops stated Sunday the department terminated Officer Garrett Rolfe, who fired the deadly shots, and officer Devin Brosnan was put on administrative responsibility. Rolfe had actually worked for the department given that October 2013, and Brosnan since September 2018.
On the other hand, authorities revealed a $10,000 benefit for information finding those responsible for setting fire to the Wendy’s restaurant at the shooting scene. Flames gutted the restaurant late Saturday after demonstrations grew turbulent. The demonstrations triggered 36 arrests.
More than 100 individuals, some sporting umbrellas and rain equipment after on-and-off rain, opposed quietly at the site Sunday evening. Cops obstructed some backstreet, slowing traffic in the location as people held up signs.
The two officers’ body cams and the dash-mounted electronic cameras in their police car showed they spent more than 40 minutes quietly questioning Brooks. The battling appeared when they tried to handcuff Brooks.
Andy Harvey, chief of authorities of Ennis, Texas, who has written