Atlanta’s Civil Service Board Reinstates Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks
#Socialites, get into this: Garrett Rolfe, the Atlanta police officer who was fired after fatally shooting a Black man in a Wendy’s parking lot last year has been reinstated by Atlanta’s Civil Service Board!
Yes, you read that right. Rolfe, who was fired and charged with felony murder, appealed his firing, and Atlanta’s Civil Service Board ruled Wednesday that “due to the City’s failure to comply with several provisions of the Code and the information received during witnesses’ testimony,” Rolfe “was not afforded his right to due process.”
As we previously reported, Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old husband, father, and stepfather, was running away when he was shot by officer Garrett Rolfe in June 2020. Surveillance video and footage from police body and dashboard cameras show officers arrived at the Wendy’s to find Brooks asleep in his car. After a brief discussion, Brooks was submitted to a field sobriety test, which he failed. Brooks offered to lock his parked car and walk home, but police informed him he would be taken into custody instead. Following a struggle that ensued, Brooks grabbed Brosnan’s stun gun and tried to flee the scene. Rolfe shot Brooks in the back when Brooks pointed the stun gun in his direction. He later died in surgery at an area hospital.
As we previously reported, Rolfe sought last month to have his firing reversed in a hearing before the board, though he still faces murder charges in the killing of Brooks.
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