Georgia Drops Charges Against Police Who Shot Rayshard Brooks: ‘Justified’

“…A specially-appointed prosecutor dropped charges Tuesday, including murder, against Atlanta, Georgia police officers Garrett Rolfe and Devin Brosnan, who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks in a June 2020 incident that led to Black Lives Matter riots.

Brooks, 27, a black man, had fallen asleep in his vehicle in a Wendy’s drive-thru and was questioned by the officers, who had been called to the scene. After speaking with the officers, he resisted arrest and stole an officer’s Taser, firing it at them. Rolfe fired at Brooks, who was killed.

A mob then arrived and burned the Wendy’s. Democrats, such as failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, said the shooting was “murder.” Celebrities, such as Justin Timberlake, joined in condemning police.

One of the officers’ stepmother was fired from her job. Then-Fulton County district attorney said that police officers ought to be inducted without a grand jury investigation. And the media reported yet another example of alleged racist police brutality.

Brooks joined the ranks of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor among the iconic victims of the Black Lives Matter movement.

But special prosecutor Peter Skandalakis declared Tuesday, in clearing the officers of any crimes, that the shooting had been justified under the circumstances, and that both officers had followed the law and department policy…”