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.
In a surprise announcement, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Thursday she will not seek reelection following her first term in office.
Bottoms said the last three years were not what she would have scripted for Atlanta, reported WABE’s Lisa Hagen. She said it was time to pass the baton.
“I don’t know what’s next for me personally and for our family,” said Bottoms on Friday. “But what I do know is that this is a decision made from a position of strength and not weakness.”
Bottoms was once considered a possible candidate for Joe Biden’s vice president. Money from a March fundraiser headlined by the president will be returned to donors immediately, according to Bottoms.
Officer Garrett Rolfe, Who Shot Rayshard Brooks, Has His Job Back
5 May 2021
Officer Garrett Rolfe of the Atlanta Police Department has his job back even though he still faces eleven criminal charges, including felony murder, in the death of Rayshard Brooks, whom he shot and killed during a confrontation on June 12, 2020.
Rolfe and his partner, Officer Devin Brosnan, were called to a Wendy’s restaurant after Brooks, 27, allegedly fell asleep in his car in the drive-thru lane. Brooks allegedly failed a breathalyzer test and was found to be above the legal alcohol limit.
Officers spoke with Brooks for more than 40 minutes before attempting to arrest him. Brooks resisted, grabbing one of their Tasers and firing it. Rolfe, who had also apparently fired his Taser, fired his gun at Brooks, hitting him. Brooks later died.
Black Lives Matter protest erupts in Atlanta after police department REINSTATES white officer Garrett Rolfe as he awaits murder trial for shooting Rayshard Brooks in Wendy s drive-thru
Garrett Rolfe, 27, fatally shot Rayshard Brooks, also 27, twice in the back as he ran from officers outside a Wendy s in Atlanta on June 12
Rolfe was fired by the Atlanta Police Department the following day
The Atlanta Civil Service Board reversed the termination of Rolfe s employment on Wednesday
Dozens of Black Lives Matter protesters descended on Atlanta City Hall to express outrage at the decision
Rolfe is awaiting trial after being charged with 11 counts over Brooks death, including felony murder