Former officer charged in Rayshard Brooks killing wants job back
By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team
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The former officer who killed Rayshard Brooks last summer is fighting to get his job back.
ATLANTA - A civil service board will soon make a decision on the fate of Garrett Rolfe, the former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks outside a southwest Atlanta fast-food restaurant last summer.
Rolfe claims the city wrongfully terminated him and now he wants his job back with back pay.
Thursday, a hearing was held to determine that issue. You shot three bullets at Rayshard Brooks while he was running away and struck him twice, killing him, is that correct? asked city attorney Allegra Lawrence Hardy during the hearing.
Ex-officer who killed Rayshard Brooks wants his job back
April 22, 2021
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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
Former Atlanta police officer who killed Rayshard Brooks wants job back
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FILE - This screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Rayshard Brooks speaking with Officer Garrett Rolfe, left, in the parking lot of a Wendy s restaurant, late Friday, June 12, 2020, in Atlanta. Rolfe, who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in the back after the fleeing man pointed a stun gun in his direction, was charged with felony murder and 10 other charges, announced Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Rolfe was fired after the shooting. (Atlanta Police Department via AP)AP
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ATLANTA A former Atlanta police officer s attorney said Thursday that his client didn t get a chance to defend himself before he was fired for fatally shooting Rayshard 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.
Officer Garrett Rolfe was dismissed without a proper investigation by the city on June 13, one day after Brooks death, Rolfe s attorney, Lance LoRusso, told the city s civil service board as he argued for his client s reinstatement to the force, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The encounter outside a Wendy s restaurant last year started calmly but rapidly spun out of control when Atlanta police tried to handcuff and arrest Brooks, 27, for suspected DUI.