Georgia police are circling the wagons: Training Director says shooting "justified" [View all]
These guys are going to do everything they can to get these officers acquitted. Things are going to get BAD in Atlanta.
We cannot let these killers get off.
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia-police-training-director-believes-brooks-shooting-was-tragic-yet-justified
FORSYTH, Ga. - The man who runs the training academy for nearly all Georgia law enforcement officers says the shooting of Rayshard Brooks was tragic, yet justified.
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DECISION 3: Officer Rolfe shoots Brooks even though he knew the weapon fired back was a non-deadly taser.
Wigginton points to case law and statutes in Georgia that allows an officer to use deadly force “to prevent death or great bodily injury to himself or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.”
He said the taser is an “incapacitating weapon” that could have left Rolfe vulnerable to “great bodily injury” if he fell and hit his head on the ground or the curb.
But couldn’t the same thing happen if someone threw a baseball, a water balloon or any object at an officer who was giving chase?
“It does give the police some leeway in the decision-making,” he replied.
Still, Wigginton believed Rolfe followed proper training when he fired his weapon.
“It was a justified shooting,” he said.
Wigginton said if you don’t like the training, the first step is to change the law.
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