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A Black man dies after being shot by Atlanta pigs at Wendy's drive-thru. Update: special prosecutor dropped charges against the pig

Infamous114 said:
People on Twitter saying that Brooks referred to this girl on body cam footage as being his girlfriend
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Sorry the white girl in the picture who burnt down the Wendy's was the girlfriend of rayshard brooks?
 
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Charged officer says he would not have done anything differently on the night Rayshard Brooks was killed | CNN

One of the Atlanta police officers charged in the death of Rayshard Brooks would not have done anything differently that night, he said in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Brosnan admitted in the AJC interview that for his own safety he put his foot on the stricken Brooks, and video footage shows his foot was on Brooks for a few seconds.
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Ex-Atlanta officer accused of murder of Rayshard Brooks getting overwhelming legal support

A National Nonprofit has stepped in to pay for the legal defense of former Atlanta Police Officer Garrett Rolfe
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Ex-Atlanta officer accused of murder of Rayshard Brooks to get legal support from national group

A National Nonprofit has stepped in to pay for the legal defense of former Atlanta Police Officer Garrett Rolfe

ATLANTA — The fired Atlanta Police officer accused of murdering Rayshard Brooks seeking to get bond will have the support of a large non-profit behind him when he next appears before a judge.
The Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund told 11Alive it will be paying for all the costs associated with defending Garrett Rolfe against the murder charge. The national nonprofit based in Virginia chose Rolfe's case - like many that they take on - because they believed he was wrongly charged.

Rolfe was fired from the force after fatally shooting Brooks in the parking lot of an Atlanta Wendy's June 12 as Brooks ran from officers trying to arrest him and fired a taser in their direction. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howardlater charged Rolfe with felony murder and 10 other counts. The other officer, Devin Brosnan, was also charged with four counts. He was placed on administrative duty.

President of the nonprofit Jason Johnson spoke to 11Alive on Wednesday, and said while what happened to Brooks was a tragedy, he does not believe it was murder.

"I think it’s very important - no matter what anyone’s perspective is on policing or where policing is in this day and age - to understand that you really have to investigate what happened in all available evidence before you can make a decision about whether its warranted to take disciplinary action or warranted to pursue criminal charges," he explained.

Johnson said in reviewing the video tape from night of the shooting, he believes Rolfe acted appropriately, and that the district attorney rushed to judgement when filing charges.

"When you cut out the investigative step, you are really setting the bar in a place where, unfortunately, I think down the road, we are going to see a lot of acquittals, and there’s going to be a lot of unhappy, disappointed people who thought that the fact that these officers were charged meant that they were actually guilty," Johnson added.
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Johnson said he hasn't spoken directly with Rolfe, but is working with his legal team. He said all of team's funding will come from private donations, and they expect to spend up to $250,000 to defend against the murder charge.
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