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Officer who shot Rayshard Brooks seeks bond modification
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press
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1of3FILE - In this June 12, 2020, file photo from a screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department Rayshard Brooks, right, speaks with Officer Garrett Rolfe, left, in the parking lot of a Wendy s restaurant, in Atlanta. Former Atlanta Police Officer, Rolfe s attorney said Thursday, April 22, 2021, that his client didn t get a chance to defend himself before he was fired for fatally shooting Brooks, a Black man who had been running away from two white officers after he resisted arrest and fired a stun gun at one of them. (Atlanta Police Department via AP, File)APShow MoreShow Less
Officer charged in Rayshard Brooks death asks for change to bond conditions
By Kate Brumback article
Officer Garrett Rolfe gives Rayshard Brooks a sobriety test moments before his deadly shooting in southwest Atlanta on June 12, 2020.
(Atlanta Police Department)
ATLANTA - After his firing by the Atlanta police department was reversed last week, the officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks is asking a judge to change the conditions of his bond as criminal charges against him remain pending.
Garrett Rolfe faces charges including murder in the June 2020 shooting of the 27-year-old Black man. When she set a $500,000 bond for Rolfe last year, a judge imposed a number of conditions, including wearing an ankle monitor, complying with a curfew, not possessing any guns and having no contact with Atlanta police officers.
and pointing it at the officer, when officer rolfe fires. in statement, rolfe s lawyer says his client heard a sound like a gunshot and saw a flash in front of him. fearing for his safety, and the safety of the civilians around him, officer rolfe dropped his taser and fired his service weapon at the only portion of mr. brooks that presented to him, mr. brooks back. what are we doing? do we care about protesters and trying to solve the issues they have or do we just care to use sacrificial lambs to act like we re going something? we don t know, but what i do know is, you re tearing up the atlanta police department. reporter: the prosecutor says there s a lot more to the story, that brooks was 18 feet away when the first shot was fired, that the taser brooks had wrestled away from the officer had fired all of its rounds, and that rolfe yelled i got him after firing the deadly shots. brooks family tonight says this is the starting point of justice. i was very hurt. i didn t im