Rayshard Brooks Shooting

• Atlanta police officers won’t face charges for Rayshard Brooks shooting: prosecutor

  A special prosecutor said Officer Garrett Rolfe, who shot and killed Brooks in June 2020, and Officer Devin Brosnan faced a "dynamic situation" that was "quickly evolving."

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  Aug 23, 2022
  
• Atlanta reinstates police officer charged in fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks

  The Atlanta Civil Service Board said the city failed to follow its own procedures when Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms dismissed Garrett Rolfe, who is white, without a hearing.

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  May 5, 2021
  
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• Rayshard Brooks’ funeral to be held at church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached

  King’s daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, also plans to deliver remarks at Brooks’ funeral, along with a friend of his and his mother-in-law.

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  Jun 23, 2020
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• Rayshard Brooks death: Atlanta police issue arrest warrant after Wendy’s set on fire

  Natalie White is a suspect in the arson and investigators are asking for help finding her, Atlanta Fire and Rescue said in a Twitter post.

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  Jun 20, 2020
• Rayshard Brooks death: Atlanta mayor vows changes in how police use force

  Atlanta’s mayor is vowing to change police use-of-force policies and require that officers receive continuous training in how to deescalate situations before the consequences become fatal.

  World

  Jun 16, 2020
• Rayshard Brooks death: Could the police shooting in Atlanta have been prevented?

  It started off as routine: a man asleep in his car in a fast-food drive-thru. But it rapidly spun out of control when Atlanta police tried to handcuff and arrest Rayshard Brooks for being intoxicated.

  World

  Jun 16, 2020
• Family of Rayshard Brooks, man shot dead by Atlanta police, pleads for justice

  "Not only are we hurt, we are angry,'' said Chassidy Evans, Brooks' niece. "When does it stop? We're not only pleading for justice. We're pleading for change.''

  World

  Jun 15, 2020
• Tyler Perry to pay for Rayshard Brooks’ funeral

  'We want to thank him for such a generous move,' Brooks family's lawyer L. Chris Stewart said.

  Entertainment

  Jun 15, 2020
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• Rayshard Brooks death: How a sobriety test in Atlanta quickly turned deadly

  Atlanta police video released Sunday showing a seemingly routine sobriety check outside a Wendy’s restaurant that quickly spun out of control, ending in gunfire.

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  Jun 15, 2020