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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,099 posts)
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 12:27 PM Aug 2020

Former officer who shot Rayshard Brooks sues over firing

Source: AP

ATLANTA (AP) — The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks is suing the mayor and interim police chief, saying his firing violated his constitutional rights and the city code. Meanwhile, prosecutors have asked a judge to revoke his bond.

Garrett Rolfe was fired June 13, the day after he fatally shot Brooks outside a Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Fulton County Superior Court, he says he was fired “without an investigation, without proper notice, without a disciplinary hearing, and in direct violation of the municipal code of the City of Atlanta.”

Rolfe, 27, faces 11 charges, including felony murder. He was granted bond June 30.

Also Tuesday, prosecutors filed a motion to revoke Rolfe's bond, saying he had traveled to Florida without permission. The bond order “expressly states that the Defendant is only allowed to leave home for medical, legal, or work related obligations,” the motion says.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-officer-who-shot-rayshard-brooks-sues-over-firing/ar-BB17Bh1o?li=BBnb7Kz

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Former officer who shot Rayshard Brooks sues over firing (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2020 OP
"Ah gots me a Constitooshnul right ta keel a Neegra if'n Ah wants to..." Aristus Aug 2020 #1
What Amendment gives you the right to be a racist, violent a-hole... Thomas Hurt Aug 2020 #2
Boy, he's really pushing his luck PatSeg Aug 2020 #3
Claim the Constitutional rights that you deny to others. BamaRefugee Aug 2020 #4
Rolfe should be behind bars. nt oasis Aug 2020 #5
Fuck this scumbag . I saw how angry he was that Brooks kept passing the tests JI7 Aug 2020 #6

Aristus

(66,434 posts)
1. "Ah gots me a Constitooshnul right ta keel a Neegra if'n Ah wants to..."
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 12:30 PM
Aug 2020


Throw the book at him. Then follow the book with a very heavy trunk, some cinderblocks, and an eighteen-wheeler...

PatSeg

(47,547 posts)
3. Boy, he's really pushing his luck
Wed Aug 5, 2020, 02:19 PM
Aug 2020

He's lucky he's not sitting in a jail cell and he's out there drawing attention to himself. I think he might need to find a better lawyer.

JI7

(89,259 posts)
6. Fuck this scumbag . I saw how angry he was that Brooks kept passing the tests
Thu Aug 6, 2020, 08:45 AM
Aug 2020

he was giving him. And he just kept on going and going hoping for him to fail.

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