Rayshard Brooks was scheduled to attend his daughter's eighth birthday the morning he died.
Garrett Rolfe, who shot Brooks and has worked at the Atlanta Police Department since 2013, was immediately terminated and a second officer involved, Devin Bronsan, was placed on administrative leave. Police Chief Erika Shields resigned less than 24 hours after Brooks’ was killed.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called for the officer’s termination. “While there may be debate over whether this was an appropriate use of deadly force, I firmly believe that there is a clear distinction between what you can do and what you should do,”. “I do not believe this was a justified use of deadly force and have called for the immediate termination of the officer.”
While some will inevitably say Brooks’ shooting was justified because he was resisting arrest, there are many instances of similar situations involving white people that don’t end with them being shot in the back and killed. Here are just a few.Police never fire a single shot at Jerry.For some reason it’s just always with Jerry.
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