Lawyer for former Atlanta police officer who killed Rayshard Brooks says district attorney's investigation isn't credible.
The 27-year-old spent most of his life in the Atlanta area along with several siblings and cousins.An attorney for former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe is questioning Fulton County District Attorney Paul L. Howard Jr.'s decision to charge his client in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks before the Georgia Bureau of Investigations could finish its investigation.
Shortly after the charges were announced the GBI released a statement that read,"We were not consulted on the charges filed by the District Attorney. Despite today's occurrence, the GBI will complete its mission of completing an impartial and thorough investigation of this incident and we will submit the file, once completed, to the Fulton County District Attorney's Office.
Rolfe was facing a possible death sentence but DA Howard said in an interview with CNN last week that he would not seek the death penalty in this case. LoRusso disagrees."We believe that his actions were appropriate," LoRusso said of Rolfe."He's a highly trained officer. And the officers trained for this type of scenario -- a Taser can absolutely incapacitate an officer, and if they're incapacitated at that point, they can be disarmed."
An autopsy conducted by Fulton County medical examiner concluded Brooks' death was a homicide caused by two gunshot wounds to his back.
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