Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields steps down hours after police fatally shot 27-year-old Black man Rayshard Brooks Friday night outside a Wendy's restaurant.
Body and dash camera video from Rolfe and Bronsan doesn't show the moment of the shooting but it shows Rolfe questioning Brooks, speaking with Bronson and grappling with Brooks as both officers take him to the ground and struggle to detain him.
But he can't remember where he is, initially saying he's on Old Dixie Highway, a road that Rolfe says doesn't exist in Atlanta.Rolfe has Brooks undergo thetest in which the officer focuses on the suspect's eyes as they follow his finger. It goes on for an inordinate amount of time as Rolfe moves his finger quite slowly from side to side and repeats the motion multiple times.
The officers are heard saying,"Stop fighting,""Hands off the Taser," and"Got my f---ing Taser," before three gunshots ring out."Of extreme concern in the murder of Rayshard Brooks is the fact that he was shot in the back multiple times while fleeing," said attorneys L. Chris Stewart and Justin Miller, who are representing the Brooks family, in a statement.
The officers involved in the shooting have been removed from duty pending the outcome of the investigation, according toFulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard Jr. said in a statement Saturday that the GBI will turn over its findings to his department, but that his office has already launched its own"intense, independent investigation of the matter."
One of the officers appears to use a stun gun while running after Brooks. Moments later, gunshots can be heard.
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