ATLANTA, June 18 — A fired Atlanta police officer has been charged with felony murder and another officer faces lesser charges in the shooting death last week of Rayshard Brooks in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant, a Georgia county prosecutor said yesterday. The death of Brooks —...
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The death of Brooks — another in a long line of African-Americans killed by police — further heightened racial concerns in the United States at a time of national soul-searching over racism and police brutality. Rolfe faces the possibility of life in prison or the death penalty if convicted, Howard added. Felony murder is a charge that can be brought when a person kills someone in the course of committing another felony.
“I got him,” Rolfe exclaimed after the shooting, Howard said, drawing on eight videos of the incident including police body and dashboard cameras, nearby surveillance cameras and witness cellphone video. Brooks' family welcomed the Atlanta charges. His widow Tomika Miller told reporters, “I am really hurt, and all I can think about is what if my husband was still here.”
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