The Atlanta Police Department has released Garrett Rolfe’s disciplinary record, revealing a lengthy history conduct complaints.
On Monday, The Atlanta Police Department released the disciplinary histories each ficer involved in the fatal shooting Rayshard Brooks at a Southwest Atlanta Wendys on Friday night. Officer Devin Brossman, the first the two cops to arrive at the scene, seems to have a clean record. However, Garrett Rolfe, the ficer who killed Brooks, appears to have a lengthy list alleged misconduct, including a use–force complaint which he was reprimanded for in 2017.
Rolfe’s file also reveals 12 additional incidents, including vehicle accidents and citizen’s complaints. Similarly, Derek Chauvin, the ficer who killed George Floyd in Minneapolis sparking widespread Black Lives Matter protests, was recently revealed to have received ten previous conduct complaints, none which he was disciplined for.
Rayshard Brooks, a Black man, was shot twice in the back by ficer Rolfe on Friday, after struggling with both ficers and taking Rolfe’s taser. The ficers were initially dispatched to deal with Brooks passing out in his car in the middle a Wendys drive-thru.
The APD has since fired Rolfe and placed his partner Brossman on administrative leave. The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office is set to decide soon if they will prosecute either the ficers involved in the incident.