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Charges Dropped Against Atlanta Cops in Shooting Death of Rayshard Brooks

HeadlineAug 24, 2022

In Georgia, a special prosecutor has dropped charges against two Atlanta police officers involved in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks, an unarmed 27-year-old Black man who was shot dead in the parking lot of a Wendy’s restaurant in 2020. The incident began when police found Brooks sleeping in his car outside the Wendy’s. The police questioned Brooks, patted him down and gave him a breathalyzer test. During a scuffle, he grabbed one of the officers’ stun guns and attempted to run away. An officer then shot Brooks in the back two times. The officer, Garrett Rolfe, can then be heard on a bodycam video saying, “I got him.” The president of the NAACP in Georgia, Gerald Griggs, criticized the decision to drop charges, saying, “There is no statute of limitations on a murder case, and there will be no statute of limitations on our efforts to ensure there is justice for Rayshard Brooks.”

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