Category: Rayshard Brooks

Officers Did Not Commit Crimes in Fatal Shooting of Rayshard Brooks: Special Prosecutor

August 23, 2022
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Two police officers charged in the fatal shooting of a man in Georgia in 2020 committed no crimes and will have all charges against them dropped, a special prosecutor announced on Aug. 23. Atlanta Police Department officers Devin Brosnan and Garrett Rolfe “acted as reasonable officers” when dealing with Rayshard Brooks, who resisted arrest after falling…

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2 Indicted in Connection With Atlanta Shooting Death of Girl

August 14, 2021
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ATLANTA—A prosecutor on Friday announced the indictment of two alleged gang members on charges related to the shooting death last year of an 8-year-old girl in Atlanta. Secoriea Turner was killed July 4, 2020, while riding in an SUV with her mother and her mother’s friend near the Wendy’s restaurant where Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old…

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Officer Fired After Rayshard Brooks Shooting Reinstated by Board

May 5, 2021
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The police officer who was fired after fatally shooting a man in Atlanta last year was reinstated on Wednesday by a city board. Garrett Rolfe did not receive the mandatory 10 days notice, the Atlanta Civil Service Board said in its decision. “Due to the City’s failure to comply with several provisions of the Code…

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