District Attorney Paul Howard said that Rayshard Brooks wasn’t a threat to the officer who shot him, despite the fact that just two weeks ago, he said the taser was a deadly weapon.
Howard: Brooks “Did Not Pose An Immediate Threat Of Death”
Rayshard Brooks was shot by Atlanta Police Officer Garrett Rolfe after Brooks fired a taser at the cop. Despite this, Rolfe was charged with felony murder for the shooting of Brooks by Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard.
“We’ve concluded at the time Mr. Brooks was shot that he did not pose an immediate threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or officers,” Howard said in a press conference. Whilst Howard noted that Brooks did fire a taser at Officer Rolfe, and that the shooting occurred after that, Howard argued that because “the prongs from the taser were actually fired above Officer Rolfe here,” the shooting was not justified.
Earlier this month, Howard charged several police officers in an excessive force case, where two college students were allegedly subject to police brutality during the protests sparked off by the death of George Floyd.
Howard said that one of the officers was charged with “aggravated assault,” for pointing a taser at one of the students, because “under Georgia law, a taser is considered a deadly weapon.”
DA Paul Howard: “We’ve concluded at the time Brooks was shot that he did not pose an immediate threat of death or serious physical to the officer… Brooks [fired] a taser [at the cop]”
He charged a cop on 06/02 “for pointing a taser” since “a taser is considered a deadly weapon” pic.twitter.com/mGMXh7RGtX
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) June 18, 2020
More Democrat Corruption!
We can all see what’s happening here. A Democrat official is once again going after the police, and defending violent criminals.
When a taser is threatened to be used against a civilian, it’s a “deadly weapon,” but when a police officer has his own taser fired at him, he’s actually in no danger at all!
This pattern is seen all across America when leftists and Democrats get control of your government.
They use their power to protect criminals, and screw over ordinary citizens and members of the police who do their job to protect us all. Remember this next time you go to the ballot box!