USA: Two white Atlanta police officers will not be held responsible for the double-back shot death of a black man in 2020, according to a prosecutor.
According to Pete Scandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia, the allegations against officers for Rayshard Brooks' death after reviewing the evidence were not justified.
After a clash with officers Garrett Rolfe and his partner Devin Brosnan, 27-year-old Brooks was shot and killed outside a fast-food restaurant in Atlanta on June 12, 2020.
Brooks died less than a month after George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man killed by police in Minneapolis, and it sparked protests against racial injustice and police brutality across the country.
When a man at a Wendy's drive-thru line is reported sleeping in his car, Rolfe and Brosnan are called to the scene. They gave Brooks an alcohol test and, after it came back positive, attempted to arrest him for doeing after a conversation lasting most of 40 minutes.
After a brief struggle, Brooks fled, firing at an officer brandishing a Taser. Rolfe hit Brooks twice in the back.
Was the use of lethal force objectively justified given the rapidly changing circumstances? As for Rolf, Scandalakis said. "It was, we conclude."
Police were prepared to give Mr Brooks the benefit of the doubt in this case, he said. "Unfortunately, this happened as a result of his actions."
According to Scandalkiss, the charges against the officers will be dropped. Brooks family attorney, L. Chris Stewart said in a news conference that he would "continue our fight" despite being "heartbroken and confused" by the decision.
In another major case, a former Louisville detective admitted Tuesday that he lied to obtain a search warrant for Breonna Taylor's home in 2020, resulting in a raid during which a black woman was fatally shot. was shot.
Kelly Goodlett admitted that there were "false statements to cover up the false affidavit" and conspired with another former detective to "false the warrant affidavit for the home of Breonna Taylor".
According to the plea agreement, he could face up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and three years of supervised release. The raid was part of a drug trafficking case against Taylor's ex-boyfriend, and Goodlet and two other officers were charged with falsifying warrants, while the fourth was charged with using excessive force by firing during the raid. was alleged.
At around 1 a.m. on March 13, 2020, 26-year-old Taylor and her boyfriend Kenneth Walker heard a noise coming from the door of their apartment.
Walker pointed his gun thinking that there had been a sabotage, injuring a police officer. Taylor was seriously injured by more than 30 shots, which were returned by police after obtaining a controversial no-knock warrant for drug arrest.
The largest city in Kentucky, Louisville, reached a $12 million settlement with Taylor's family over wrongful death in September 2020.
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