The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks during a June arrest after he fell asleep in his car at a Wendy’s drive-thru is suing the mayor and interim police chief over his termination, claiming the decision violated his constitutional rights. Garrett Rolfe, 27, currently faces 11 charges—including felony murder—for shooting Brooks on June 12 as he was running away through the crowded fast-food parking lot. After shooting him twice in the back, Rolfe then kicked the 27-year-old man “while he was lying on the ground,” prosecutors allege. Rolfe was fired the following day after footage of the police […]
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As was reported earlier — there was a triple shooting in Atlanta Sunday that killed one person that took place at the same location as the deadly shooting of an 8-year-old black girl by Black Lives Matter protesters Saturday night. The area of the shootings is near the Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by police last month as he attacked and fled officers. Since Brooks’ death, protesters torched the Wendy’s and set up armed checkpoints in the area. The 8-year-old girl was killed when the car she was in with her mother came upon a group of armed […]
Ten days after Rayshard Brooks was fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer after he fell asleep in his car in a Wendy’s drive-thru lane, friends and family of the 27-year-old will honor his life at the church where Martin Luther King Jr. once preached. Beginning at 3 p.m. ET, the public viewing Monday at Ebenezer Baptist Church will serve as the start of a two-day memorial service for Brooks, whose June 12 death has sparked widespread outcry, the resignation of Atlanta’s police chief, and criminal charges against the two officers involved. The service will be livestreamed by the church. “Ebenezer […]
A week ago on Saturday night protesters torched the Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta following the death of Rayshard Brooks. One video that went viral online shows a white girl and ally of Black Lives Matter torching the Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta. The white girl is seen pouring lighter fluid inside the restaurant. TRENDING: “Some White People May Have to Die for Black Communities to Be Made Whole” – Far Left UGA Teaching Assistant on Black Lives Matter Movement White girl shown in video footage starting a fire at @Wendys she needs to be found and arrested for arson!!! pic.twitter.com/aTHtsOe4Hu — 🇺🇸 […]
Clark Atlanta University and alumna Pinky Cole are teaming up to offer full scholarships to Rayshard Brooks’ four children, who range in age from 1 to 13 years old. Jeff Martin/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Martin/AP Clark Atlanta University and alumna Pinky Cole are teaming up to offer full scholarships to Rayshard Brooks’ four children, who range in age from 1 to 13 years old. Jeff Martin/AP A university in Georgia is partnering with an alumna to award full scholarships to the four children of Rayshard Brooks, the Black man fatally shot by an Atlanta police officer in the parking […]
Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard’s decision to charge officers Garrett Rolfe and Devin Brosnan was clearly political, no offense intended. The decision to charge Garrett Rolfe with felony murder was particularly egregious. Howard is clearly backing Joe Biden in November and was hoping to pile pressure on the President, who by the way does know where Finland is! (He once cut a deal in Helsinki – I’m pretty sure he knew which country he was in!) Let us review the facts, dispassionately, that is to say let’s not behave like a bunch of left-wing loonies, no offense intended. An African-American […]
Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard, Jr. announced charges on Wednesday afternoon in the death of Rayshard Brooks last weekend at a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta. DA Howard charged the arresting officer Garrett Rolfe with felony murder after Rayshard Brooks, a repeat felon, resisted arrest, attacked the two arresting officers, punched one officer in a face, stole their taser and fired on the officers. Brooks was shot dead. On Thursday Officer Rolfe’s stepmother was fired from her job as HR Director at Equity Prime Mortgage in Atlanta, Georgia. She was fired for being Officer Rolfe’s stepmother.Equity Prime Mortgage later called […]
In a high-profile press conference carried live by all news networks on Wednesday, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard claimed police officer Garrett Rolfe did not administer CPR after shooting Rayshard Brooks, who had wrestled a Taser away from him before trying to flee. Rolfe’s body camera came off his uniform after Brooks wrestled and punched him, but it continued working. While there was no video of the aftermath of the shooting in a Wendy’s parking lot, the audio continued to roll. Rolfe immediately began administering cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, and can clearly be heard pleading, “Mr. Brooks, keep breathing! Keep breathing for […]
Weighing in on the death of Rayshard Brooks at the hands of Atlanta police, US President Donald Trump called the incident “terrible,” but said citizens should never resist law enforcement, even during a dispute with officers. “I thought it was a terrible situation, but you can’t resist a police officer,” Trump told Fox’s Sean Hannity on Wednesday night, adding that the “whole situation was out of control.” If you have a disagreement, you have to take it up after the fact. It was a very, very sad thing. Though the president questioned the version of events put forward by the accused […]
“We have concluded at the time Mr Brooks was shot that he did not pose an immediate threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or officers,” Howard said. I want everyone who tried to justify the shooting of #RayshardBrooks to look at this photo of how the cop who shot him KICKED him afterwards and then I want you to gfy pic.twitter.com/3KK3VXJpkn — Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) June 17, 2020 Guardian: The Atlanta officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in the back after the fleeing man pointed a stun gun in his direction faces 11 charges, including felony murder, a […]
You’ll be hearing a lot of talk about the shooting of Rayshard Brooks by an Atlanta police officer now that the city’s district attorney has filed 11 charges against Ofc. Garrett Rolfe, including felony murder. But perhaps it’s worth hearing what Burke County, Ga., Sheriff Alfonzo Williams has to say. He has, after all, run three law enforcement departments, so he knows a thing or two. “This is the third law enforcement agency I’ve been head of,” Williams, who is black, told CNN. “Every agency I’ve gone to, I’ve required every officer who carries a Taser to be Tased with it, so that […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107964/43/1079644389_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_ff3171afa2072c702faa2c81d45b1a83.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006171079644369-family-of-rayshard-brooks-holds-press-conference-on-charges-against-cop-who-killed-him—video/ After shooting and killing Rayshard Brooks in a drive-through line of a fast-food restaurant on 12 June, former police officer Garrett Rolfe has been fired and his counterpart has been downgraded to paid administrative duties. The family of Rayshard Brooks is holding a press conference Wednesday reacting to charges against the police officer who shot Brooks, with the victim’s widow, Tomika Miller, and other family members expected to attend. Their conference follows Fulton County’s District Attorney Paul Howard announcing his decision on charges against the now former police officer Garrett Rolfe earlier during a press […]
Police officer Garrett Rolfe is facing eleven charges, including felony murder and aggravated assault, in the killing of Rayshard Brooks, after his partner turned state’s evidence. Rolfe faces a possible death sentence. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced the charges, which include three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for allegedly firing his weapon “recklessly” in the effort to bring down Brooks, on Wednesday. In addition to felony murder, Rolfe has been charged with violating his oath as a police officer, for not properly arresting Brooks and for standing on his body after he fell to the ground. […]
In a new interview with The New York Times, Jon Stewart insisted that he does not miss hosting The Daily Show. “If you’re asking, Do you wish you had a show? Sometimes I do,” he said. “But not the one that I had. The one that I had is in wonderful hands and continues to elevate in a way that I couldn’t have.” That statement has never been more true than in our current political moment. As the only Black host on mainstream late-night television, Trevor Noah has met the moment when it comes to systemic racism and police brutality. And […]
The man who shot at police with a taser he stole from the police and then was shot dead by the police may not be the saint the mainstream media is attempting to make him out to be. Not only did Rayshard Brooks get in a struggle with police, steal their taser, run from the police and shoot the taser at the police, he was likely running due to the high risk that he would be going to prison based on his prior record. The mainstream media attempted to shine a positive light on Rayshard Brooks, who was gunned down in […]
Former Atlanta Police Department officer Garrett Rolfe conducts a field sobriety test on Rayshard Brooks Leaked Video of #RayshardBrooks Justice for #RayshardBrooks after the shooting and killing. pic.twitter.com/5yNliZWbk4 — Layersea+2349032729703 (@Layersea2) June 15, 2020 Russia Today: A medical examiner officially confirmed that Rayshard Brooks died as a result of an officer-involved shooting during a botched DUI arrest. The incident reignited protests against racism and police brutality in Atlanta, Georgia. How police treat ‘white folks…’ Police shot Rayshard Brooks in the back as he was running away, killing him, because he was sleeping in his car in a Wendy’s parking lot. Contrast […]
A medical examiner has officially confirmed that Rayshard Brooks died as a result of an officer-involved shooting during a botched DUI arrest. The incident reignited anti-racism and police brutality protests in Atlanta, Georgia. Brooks died from organ damage and blood loss, which resulted from two gunshot wounds in the back, media reported, citing Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office. His death has now been officially listed as homicide. Two white police officers were called in on Friday night to check on Brooks, who was found sleeping behind the wheel outside a Wendy’s fast food restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia. Brooks failed a sobriety […]
Authorities in Atlanta have offered a hefty reward and published photos of a woman suspected of setting a Wendy’s restaurant on fire during the protest against the police killing of Rayshard Brooks at the fast-food’s parking lot. “Crime Stoppers Greater Atlanta is offering a $10,000 reward for information on the individuals responsible for starting a fire that led to the destruction of a Wendy’s restaurant at 125 University Avenue,” police said in a tweet on Sunday. The drive-thru went up in flames on Saturday night amid a massive rally over the fate of Brooks, a 27-year-old black man killed by police […]
Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace opened his interview this weekend with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson by asking about the “terrible incident” in Atlanta that ended with the fatal police shooting of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks after he was found sleeping in his car. As Wallace put it, Brooks was “clearly resisting arrest” when he apparently grabbed one of the officer’s Tasers and ran away from them. But, he asked, ”was it appropriate to use deadly force against somebody whose original offense was that he fell asleep in the drive-thru lane at a Wendy’s?” After suggesting that perhaps he […]
The fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy’s parking lot in Atlanta on Saturday has turned the southern city into the latest epicenter of national rage over systemic racism and police brutality. The shooting of another black man by police sparked violent protests and the burning of the Wendy’s restaurant where the incident took place. Shortly after terminating the officer who pulled the trigger and placing the other attending officer on administrative leave, Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields stepped down but will be staying employed by the city of Atlanta. But new video footage of the incident taken both from […]
Body camera footage from Officer Garrett Rolfe and Officer Devin Brosan were released by the Atlanta Police Department on Saturday.The footage clearly shows Atlanta police officers behaving respectfully and doing everything they were supposed to do. According to reports Rayshard Brooks fell asleep in a Wendy’s parking lot on Friday night. When the police arrived Rayshard failed a breathalyzer test. Then when police attempted to arrest Brooks he became violent. TRENDING: BREAKING: CNN Crew Attacked by Rioters in Atlanta – Beaten at Wendy’s (VIDEO) Brooks was caught on camera wrestling with police and resisting arrest.He was shot dead after he took […]
New footage shows Atlanta police attempting to arrest Rayshard Brooks, who was suspected of being intoxicated, before shooting him following a struggle. His death has sparked rioting in Georgia’s capital city. In the bodycam video, an officer speaks with Brooks, who is sitting in the driver’s seat of his vehicle parked outside a Wendy’s. Warning: This video contains disturbing images Suspecting the man of being intoxicated, the officer instructs Brooks to take a sobriety test. The police then attempt to arrest him, but he resists and appears to grab a taser from one of the officers before fleeing and being fatally shot. […]
A wave of public outrage in Atlanta over the police killing of black man, Rayshard Brooks, has escalated into riots, with protesters blocking streets and setting fire to a Wendy’s restaurant where the fatal shooting took place. The resignation of Atlanta police chief Erika Shields’ and Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ call for the “immediate termination of the officer” who killed Brooks, failed to quell the protests which turned violent on Saturday night. A massive crowd of protesters shut down I-75/85 at University Ave, marching towards the parking lot of the fast food restaurant where the Friday shooting took place. BREAKING: The […]
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Atlanta police chief Erika Shields has stepped down after newly released surveillance footage showing the details of the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks failed to quell public outrage over ‘unjustified’ use of lethal force. “I do not believe this was a justified use of deadly force and have called for the immediate termination of the officer,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said at a Saturday afternoon press conference, accepting Shields’ resignation. Meanwhile, newly-release surveillance footage of the incident appears to back claims by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation that Brooks grabbed a taser from an officer and aimed it back at police […]
The chief of the Atlanta Police Department resigned on Saturday, hours after an officer fatally shot a 27-year-old black man in a Wendy’s parking lot. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said at a press conference that the officer involved in the Friday night shooting should be fired. “I firmly believe that there is a clear distinction between what you can do and what you should do. I do not believe that this was a justified use of deadly force and have called for the immediate termination of the officer,” she said. Bottoms named an interim police chief to succeed Erika Shields […]