Rayshard Brooks' widow tells TODAYShow she dreads Father's Day because 'my husband won't be here.'
Her lawyer, L. Chris Stewart, spoke on"TODAY" about the defense for the two officers arguing that the district attorney was making a rush to judgment.
He noted that there are videos of the shooting, but, he said, “you just can’t win if you try and charge a police officer. In the fatal encounter on June 12, Rolfe and Brosnan questioned Brooks for more than 25 minutes, body and dash-camera videos show. During the questioning, Brooks struggled to remember how many drinks he had had and at one point asked the officers whether he could walk home.The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating the shooting, said Brooks failed a field sobriety test and struggled with the officers as they tried to arrest him.
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