Atlanta detective says Rayshard Brooks would have faced 10 charges

Published July 1, 2020 7:15pm ET



An Atlanta detective assigned to the Rayshard Brooks case said he would have brought 10 charges against the 27-year-old if he had not been fatally shot by police.

Brooks died on June 12 after police responded to reports of a man asleep in a Wendy’s drive-thru lane. Former officers Garrett Rolfe and Devin Brosnan responded to the call, found Brooks in his car, and administered a sobriety test, which he failed. The officers attempted to bring Brooks into custody, but he resisted arrest and struggled with the officers to obtain a police Taser. Video showed Brooks aiming the Taser toward the officers. Rolfe then fired his gun three times, hitting and killing Brooks.

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