Officer who killed Rayshard Brooks accused of covering up 2015 shooting

[StarfishSaver]

He has a history.

Let me see if I can find my surprised face around here somewhere.

The Atlanta police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks was accused of covering up an earlier shooting he and other officers participated in, according to a judge who reviewed the case.

Garrett Rolfe was fired by the Atlanta police department following what officials called the “unjustified” killing of Brooks on Friday. Rolfe shot Brooks twice in the back as Brooks ran away after a scuffle with officers when they attempted to arrest him. It was among a recent spate of killings of black men by white police officers, which have ignited a national uprising against police brutality and racism.

In August 2015, Rolfe and two other officers opened fire on Jackie Jermaine Harris, who they chased after he was caught driving a stolen truck, the Guardian can reveal after reviewing court documents on the incident.

However, the shooting was not reported by the police involved. Harris, like Brooks, is African American.Harris rammed a police vehicle and officers shot at him several times inside the truck, striking Harris once and collapsing his lung. Harris survived and later pleaded guilty to charges including theft, property damage, fleeing arrest and damaging a police vehicle.

Judge Doris L Downs, during a 2016 court hearing, called the case a “disaster” and said “it’s the wildest case I’ve seen in my 34 years here.”

Downs said she was so troubled by officers failing to report the shooting that she wanted the matter investigated.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/17/rayshard-brooks-shooting-police-officer-cover-up-accusations-garrett-rolfe?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1592411069

[sheshe2]

1. Many of them have a history and history always repeats itself.

[Hoyt]

2. If the suspect was shot, causing a collapsed lung, is it really an attempt

to conceal an obvious police shoot, or just piss-poor police reporting? Not much way to conceal that.

[StarfishSaver]

3. Did you read the article?

[Hoyt]

4. Yes. The guy was obviously shot and treated at hospital. Stupid police

wrote a crummy report. Go read some police reports, a lot are something you’d think trump wrote.

[JudyM]

6. " However, the shooting was not reported by the police involved."

Judge Doris L Downs, during a 2016 court hearing, called the case a “disaster” and said “it’s the wildest case I’ve seen in my 34 years here.”

Downs said she was so troubled by officers failing to report the shooting that she wanted the matter investigated.

“None of the police put in the report that they shot the man – none of them. And they sent him to Grady [Memorial Hospital] with collapsed lungs and everything, and the report doesn’t mention it,” Downs said.

“I am ethically going to be required to turn all of them in.”

This was a coverup, and the judge as much as said so.

[brer cat]

5. The histories of these police officers

will be very revealing. Many are no doubt repeat offenders who were not disciplined/fired earlier when lives could have been saved.

[dalton99a]

7. Kick