Cop who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks had ’12 complaints against him and was reprimanded for use of force with a gun’
THE cop who shot Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy's parking lot was the subject of 12 complaints in seven years, according to police records.
Former officer Garrett Rolfe in 2017 received a written reprimand for use-of-force involving a firearm, documents released on Monday by the PD reveal.
The use-of-force reprimand against Rolfe, 27, relates to an incident in 2016.
No further details of the incident were disclosed. It is the sole use-of-force complaint on his record.
His disciplinary history includes 11 other incidents, at least seven of which saw him exonerated.
During his time with the force, Rolfe had over 2,000 hours of training and completed multiple courses in tactical team operations and firearms training.
"There is a clear distinction between what you can do and what you should do," Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said in a news conference on Saturday.
"I do not believe this was a justified use of deadly force."
Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard said it would be hard to argue a self-defense case in light of the footage of the incident.
Howard said that Brooks "did not seem to present any kind of threat to anyone, and so the fact that it would escalate to his death just seems unreasonable."
The District Attorney said that he is considering charging the officer with either murder, felony murder or involuntary manslaughter and that the decision could be made as early as Wednesday.