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The case of Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man who was shot in the back while running away from police in a Wendy’s parking lot, is soon to go to trial. Yet the officer who delivered the fatal blow thinks he should be allowed back on the streets. Ex-officer Garrett Rolfe and his attorney, Lance LoRusso, argued before Atlanta’s civil service board last Thursday that the former was “dismissed without a proper investigation” nor given a fair amount of time to defend himself against his firing. Rolfe was fired a day after the June 12, 2020 shooting. Rolfe shot Brooks after responding to calls about a man asleep in a car at Wendy’s drive-through lane. A father of four, Brooks initially complied and cooperated, but when officers tried to arrest him, a scuffle ensued. Widely circulated video showed that Rolfe shot Brooks as the latter tried to run away. ....