Rashard Brooks

On the night of June 12, 2020, Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old African American man, was shot and killed by Atlanta Police Department officer Garrett Rolfe. Officer Devin Brosnan responded to a complaint that Brooks was asleep in a car blocking a restaurant drive-through lane; Rolfe arrived after Brosnan radioed for assistance some minutes later. After a breathalyzer exam indicated that Brooks’s blood-alcohol content was above the legal limit for driving, Rolfe and Brosnan began to handcuff Brooks. Brooks scuffled with the officers, got hold of Brosnan’s taser, punched Rolfe, and ran. With Rolfe pursuing him, Brooks turned just enough to fire the taser toward Rolfe, who then shot Brooks twice in the back; a third shot struck an occupied car. Brooks died after surgery.

Source: Wikipedia

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