Atlanta Officer Fired In Rayshard Brooks Shooting Seeks Reinstatement
Garrett Rolfe’s lawyer said that he was not given due process before he was terminated.
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The fired Atlanta police officer who shot and killed
Rayshard Brooks says he was unjustly terminated and wants to be reinstated, even as faces charges in the shooting.
Officer
Garrett Rolfe was sacked “without a proper investigation” his lawyer
Lance LoRusso said last week, and he has been arguing to the city’s civil service board to return to the department, the
Last June 12, Rolfe attempted to arrest Brooks, 27, on suspicion of DUI when he was found asleep in a Wendy’s drive-thru line. Their interaction, seen on video, was at first calm, but spun out of control when Rolfe tried to handcuff Brooks. After a skirmish with Rolfe and another officer at the scene,
Police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks wants his job back as he awaits murder trial Lateshia Beachum
Replay Video UP NEXT A former Atlanta police officer facing a charge of felony murder in the shooting of Rayshard Brooks last year wants to be reinstated. Garrett Rolfe and his attorney, Lance LoRusso, argued before Atlanta’s civil service board on Thursday that Rolfe wasn’t given a fair amount of time to defend himself against his firing, which happened just a day after the June 12, 2020, shooting that resulted in the death of the 27-year-old Black man. Brooks was shot by officers after they responded to calls about a man asleep in a car at a Wendy’s drive-through. The young father of four had initially cooperated, but when officers tried to arrest him, a scuffle ensued. Widely circulated video showed Brooks pointing a Taser at officers.
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