Rayshard Brooks

National

Atlanta to pay $1 million to the family of Rayshard Brooks, killed by police in 2020

2:25pm November 22, 2022

by Becky Sullivan

Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man, had fallen asleep in his car in a Wendy's drive-through lane when police were called. The city's payment will settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his widow.

A screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Rayshard Brooks (right) speaking with Garrett Rolfe (left) last June in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta.

National

Garrett Rolfe, Officer Fired In Rayshard Brooks Killing, Reinstated But Put On Leave

11:01pm May 05, 2021

by Becky Sullivan

The Atlanta Police Department moved to dismiss Rolfe the day after he shot Brooks. Rolfe will remain on administrative leave until his criminal charges are resolved, the department said.

A makeshift memorial in downtown Louisville, Ky., for Breonna Taylor in September 2020. Taylor was killed a year ago in her home during a botched narcotics raid carried out by Louisville police.

A Year After Breonna Taylor's Killing, Family Says There's 'No Accountability'

11:17am March 13, 2021

Taylor was shot and killed in her apartment by Louisville police last March. "I can't believe it's a year later and we're still just asking people to do the right thing," her mother said recently.

Newly elected Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is the Georgia's attorney general to give the Rayshard Brooks murder case to another prosecutor.

National

District Attorney In Atlanta Wants Off Rayshard Brooks Case

9:36am January 29, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis says the actions of her predecessor have forced her to relinquish the police shooting case to another prosecutor.

Police tape marks the corner of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus last May after protests over the death of George Floyd. Columbus Police are investigating the shooting death of a Black man last week by a Franklin County Sheriff's deputy.

National

Police In Ohio Say Slain Black Man Brandished A Gun; Family Says He Held A Sandwich

2:59pm December 07, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office said a deputy shot and killed 23-year-old Casey Goodson on Friday. Law enforcement recovered a gun. Goodson's attorneys say he was licensed to carry a firearm.

Kentucky State Rep. Attica Scott had been arrested in September during a protest of following news that no police officers would face criminal charges for the killing of Breonna Taylor.

National

Charges Dropped Against Kentucky Lawmaker Arrested At A Breonna Taylor Protest

12:28pm November 17, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

State Rep. Attica Scott was charged with first-degree rioting, which is a felony. She was also facing lesser charges of failure to the disperse and unlawful assembly. She called charges "bogus."

People attend the March on Washington, on Friday at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on the 57th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech.

Thousands Gather For March On Washington To Demand Police Reform And Racial Equality

1:55pm August 28, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

The "Get Your Knee Off Our Necks" march comes as frustration over police brutality and use of force have sparked national protests following the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd.

Fani Willis is poised to become the next Fulton County District Attorney after winning a runoff election against her former boss on Tuesday. Willis is seen here in 2014 during the trial of 12 former Atlanta Public Schools educators accused in a conspiracy

Politics & Government

'We Made Herstory': Fani Willis Poised To Become First Woman DA in Georgia County

12:53pm August 12, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Willis defeated six-term Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, and her former boss, in Tuesday's runoff. Howard has been dogged by scandal, including his handling of the Rayshard Brooks case.

People gather near a hearse carrying Rayshard Brooks' body after his June 23 funeral at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

National

Former Atlanta Police Officer Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Sues City Over Firing

3:18pm August 05, 2020

by Alana Wise

In the lawsuit, former police Officer Garrett Rolfe alleges that his firing turned him into a "public spectacle." He is charged in Brooks' killing in a Wendy's parking lot.

Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., speaks during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 on Capitol Hill last month.

Georgia Congressman Asks DOJ To Investigate DA Handling Rayshard Brooks Case

7:34pm July 08, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., wants the Fulton County District Attorney investigated for "egregious abuse of power." Collins is running for a U.S. Senate seat in the fall.