The Fulton County, Ga. district attorney who charged former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe with murder seems to be more concerned about politics than he is about justice, Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., said Sunday.
where he’d fallen asleep in his car in the drive-thru lane. He resisted arrest after failing a field sobriety test and ultimately was seen wrestling officers to the ground and running with one of their Tasers seconds before the shooting.
Howard's decision announced last week to bring 11 charges against former officer Garrett Rolfe – including felony murder – has come as a surprise to many observers who find the charges excessive.that his "office can appoint another prosecutor if a DA disqualifies himself/herself or a court disqualifies him/her."
"I think he has disqualified himself from this perspective, if you look at it and how it went about and how these charges came about and how quickly they came about, and under the political circumstances," Collins remarked."They’re very concerned. Their morale is down. And when they see this consistently happening, especially in the last couple of weeks with this district attorney, it makes it hard to get up and go to work.
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