Rayshard Brooks

• 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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• Atlanta police set $10K reward for information in shooting death of 8-year-old

  The shooting happened near the Wendy's restaurant where a Black man, Rayshard Brooks, was killed by a white police officer on June 12.

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  Jul 6, 2020
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• Atlanta mayor expresses outrage after girl, 8, fatally shot

  "An 8-year-old girl was killed last night because her mother was riding down the street,'' Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said.

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  Jul 5, 2020
• Former Atlanta officer who killed Rayshard Brooks granted bond of $500K

  Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jane Barwick set a bond of US$500,000 for Garrett Rolfe, who faces charges including felony murder in the killing of Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man.

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  Jun 30, 2020
• U.S. House passes sweeping police reform bill named after George Floyd

  The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is perhaps the most ambitious set of proposed changes to police procedures and accountability in decades.

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  Jun 25, 2020
• 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
• 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
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• Atlanta police call out sick in protest of charges in Rayshard Brooks death

  Interim Chief Rodney Bryant said the sick calls began Wednesday night and continued Thursday, but said the department had sufficient staff to protect the city.

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  Jun 19, 2020
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• ‘Time to be aggressive’: U.S. prosecutors charge police after George Floyd protests

  Even just a few years ago, when protests erupted over the killings of other black men by police, officers were rarely arrested for suspected criminal acts during the demonstrations.

  Jun 18, 2020