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If you broadcast that you are willing to be bullied, then you invite the mob to rule. When the mob rules, you get brass-knuckles politics, not justice. You get a hyper-political county prosecutor, under the corruption microscope as he desperately seeks reelection, filing trumped-up, mob-driven charges before the actual investigators have a chance to finish their work. You get a capital murder charge against a police officer who returned fire after being shot at with a taser by a fleeing suspect. A taser that the fleeing suspect, a criminal with a violent history, stole from the police while they attempted...

Atlanta police officers are still reportedly calling in sick to work in protest of charges against the cop who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks, as it's announced every officer will receive a $500 bonus for working amid civil unrest. On Thursday the Atlanta Police Department saw cops continue to call out of work, in protest of 11 charges, including felony murder, announced Wednesday against fired officer Garrett Rolfe. . . . For Thursday’s shift 'most' officers called out sick, according to Facebook page Things Police See: First Hand Accounts, a page run by Former Massachusetts police officer Steve Gould who interviews...

A nonprofit organization says it has now raised $250,000 for former Atlanta officer Garrett Rolfe’s legal fees as he faces a felony murder charge in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks. The announcement from the Georgia Law Enforcement Organization on Thursday comes as the Atlanta Police Foundation – another support group for officers – revealed to WSB-TV that it will be paying a $500 bonus to each of the city’s cops. Atlanta’s police department had said Wednesday that a “higher than usual” number of officers called out of work after prosecutors announced charges in connection to Brooks’ June 12 death....

POA Executive Director John Edwards has slammed the DA for jumping ahead of the GBI's ongoing investigation and bringing charges that, he believes, owe more to the 'politics and flavor of the day,' than an objective decision based on the totality of the facts. . . . He said: 'Let's say this case that Paul Howard has spun goes to trial. Twelve good men and women now look at this and say, ''There's no way I'm convicting on that''. 'Paul Howard has just successfully set up the city for another riot.'... Protesters gathered at the site of the shooting, the...

Conservative pundit Mark Levin asked why many media outlets have not reported on the background of Rayshard Brooks, a black man who was killed by police in Atlanta last week. "So far, people in my business, broadcasting, have barely said a thing about it," Levin said on his program Wednesday. "These websites and these news outlets, all but a handful, they don't even tell us who Rayshard Brooks is, we know nothing about Rayshard Brooks except for what the lawyers for the family and the prosecutors say." Levin cited a story revealing more about Brooks's past encounters with law enforcement...

Atlanta police officer Devin Brosnan, one of the two officers involved in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks, suffered a concussion and other injuries during the altercation with the 27-year-old, the officer’s attorney revealed during a Wednesday discussion with CNN’s Chris Cuomo. “Devin ends up taking out his Taser and yelling at him to ‘stop fighting, stop fighting,’” said Don Samuel, an attorney for Brosnan. “Mr. Brooks grabbed the Taser from him and shoots … Devin gets shot with the Taser.” At that point, Brosnan fell over, landed on the pavement, and got a concussion, Samuel explained, adding that prosecutors...

ABC News published a glowing piece about Rayshard Brooks, the man killed by former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe after he resisted arrest, assaulted an officer, stole his taser and discharged it, saying he was remembered for his “hard work and dedication to family.” The news outlet spoke with those who worked with him at a construction company in Toledo, Ohio, and his wife. Though ABC describes that he was in Ohio “tending to his father.” What's not mentioned, however, is that he had failed to notify his probation officer of his new address and a warrant was issued for...

If police aren’t going to have special immunities and protections as officers of the state, maybe they shouldn’t be.On Wednesday Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe was formally charge with felony murder in the killing of Rayshard Brooks. While evading arrest after having assaulted Rolfe and his partner, Brooks points a Taser at Rolfe and fires. At that point, and exactly that point Rolfe takes out his gun and shoots. If this act of self-defense by a cop is felony murder, then we need to take a hard look at what the police are in today’s American society and what we...

The attorney for former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe, who was charged with felony murder in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks, says the Atlanta district attorney demonized and repeatedly lied about his client during his showboating press conference. Defense attorney Lance LoRusso said D.A. Paul Howard falsely claimed that Rolfe had kicked Brooks after shooting him and had shot Brooks in cold blood while the suspect was running away. “It was shocking to hear that because it’s not true,” LoRusso told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. “My client never kicked Mr. Brooks. If there was a video of my...

You’ll be hearing a lot of talk about the shooting of Rayshard Brooks by an Atlanta police officer now that the city’s district attorney has filed 11 charges against Ofc. Garrett Rolfe, including felony murder. But perhaps it’s worth hearing what Burke County, Ga., Sheriff Alfonzo Williams has to say. He has, after all, run three law enforcement departments, so he knows a thing or two. “This is the third law enforcement agency I’ve been head of,” Williams, who is black, told CNN. “Every agency I’ve gone to, I’ve required every officer who carries a Taser to be Tased with...

The Atlanta officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in the back after the fleeing man pointed a stun gun in his direction will be charged, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard made the announcement about officer Garrett Rolfe during a news conference. Rolfe had already been fired after he fatally shot Brooks, 27, on Friday night.

Garrett Rolfe, the Atlanta police officer fired after the killing of Rayshard Brooks last week, now faces charges including felony murder, which could potentially lead to the death penalty, a Georgia district attorney announced Wednesday.

- Rayshard Brooks was on probation and faced going back to prison if he was charged with a DUI, DailyMail.com can reveal - The 27-year-old was shot and killed by police after he was found asleep at a Wendy's drive-thru in Atlanta on Friday, June 12 - He was compliant with cops but after he failed a field sobriety test and blew 0.108 when breathalyzed, Brooks suddenly resisted when cops tried to cuff him - Brooks was shot twice in the back as he tried to make a break for it - The charges to which Brooks pleaded guilty and...

The man who shot at police with a taser he stole from the police and then was shot dead by the police may not be the saint the mainstream media is attempting to make him out to be. Not only did Rayshard Brooks get in a struggle with police, steal their taser, run from the police and shoot the taser at the police, he was likely running due to the high risk that he would be going to prison based on his prior record.The mainstream media attempted to shine a positive light on Rayshard Brooks, who was gunned down in...

Americans must resist the push to conflate dissimilar events in order to promote the radical political aims of the Black Lives Matter movement. In the aftermath of George FloydÂ’s death, the subject of racism and police brutality lept to the forefront of our political discourse. While both are important matters to explore and discuss, the fact is that such debate is not being held in an honest fashion. Instead, a chosen narrative has become more important than fact. Worse, there is an intentional effort to conflate even the most dissimilar events in order to promote the political aims of the...

Protesters armed with AR-15s and handguns were pictured Tuesday at the burned down Wendy's where Rayshard Brooks was shot last Friday. His family on Monday called on demonstrators to refrain from violence amid heightened tensions across the U.S. three weeks after George Floyd's death. . . . His death has sparked outrage but one black Georgia sheriff has said the shooting was 'completely justified'. Burke County, Ga. Sheriff Alfonzo Williams told CNN: 'There's nothing malicious or sadistic in the way these officers behaved.'

Atlanta officials released photographs on Tuesday of a second suspect in their arson investigation at a Wendy's, which was burned down following the death of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks. Images of the two arson suspects, both white females, were shared during a press conference at a fire station on Manford Road, according to Fox 5. Previous pictures reportedly showed one suspect wearing black clothing and a facial covering. The new photos show another woman without a mask, wearing a black top with a purple shirt wrapped around her waist and a necklace.

Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell criticized Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms for firing the officer who shot Rayshard Brooks without due process. Brooks was shot by police Friday night in a Wendy’s parking lot after resisting arrest, fighting with police, grabbing a taser, running, then turning back to shoot the stolen taser at the pursuing officer. His death sparked another wave of protests in Atlanta over the weekend. Appearing with conservative radio host Larry Elder and Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday night’s “Hannity” to discuss the shooting, Terrell said the Atlanta mayor was engaging in “typical Democratic playbook...

On today's Morning Joe, Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson said "it’s hard to convince me that there’s not systemic racism in our policing" given that Dylann Roof, the white killer of nine black people in a Charleston church, was taken alive, whereas Rayshard Brooks was killed in Atlanta in the course of his arrest. But have a look at this news article which includes video of Roof's arrest, and states, "the video confirms the Shelby police department’s account that Roof surrendered meekly after he was approached by officers."Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Authorities in Georgia ruled Sunday that the fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks outside an Atlanta Wendy’s was a homicide. Brooks, 27, died after he was shot twice in the back on Friday, the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a statement. Brooks was shot after a confrontation with two Atlanta police officers in the parking lot. Police had been summoned there on a report of a man sleeping in his car in the drive-through.