An Atlanta police officer was fired on Sunday following the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks.
after officials said he resisted arrest and stole an officer's Taser.
Rolfe's firing follows the resignation of the city's police chief, Erika Shields, who left the department just a day after the deadly shooting. Former Assistant Chief Rodney Bryant, who is black, will serve as the city's interim police chief. "While there may be debate as to whether this was an appropriate use of deadly force, I firmly believe that there is a clear distinction between what you can do and what you should do," Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said in a news conference."I do not believe that this was a justified use of deadly force."
Stewart said Brooks had planned on taking his 8-year-old daughter skating for her birthday but never came home."She had her birthday dress on. She was waiting for her dad to come pick her up and take her skating," he said Saturday.
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