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SHOWTRIAL: Atlanta Police Officer Charged with Capital Murder for Justified Shooting
Former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe has been charged with 11 criminal counts, including capital murder with the possibility of the death penalty for the shooting of Rayshard Brooks. The district attorney for Atlanta, Paul Howard Jr. announced the charges, saying Brooks “did not pose an immediate threat of death or serious physical injury.” Brooks…
Read MoreThe Summer of Outrage
Atlanta police were involved in another officer-involved shooting over the weekend, where a black man was shot and killed. 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed after he fought with police, stealing a taser and turned it on the officers. Officers were initially responding to a complaint of a man asleep in a drive-thru lane.…
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