The widow of Rayshard Brooks, a Black man killed by police at the height of the civil unrest of summer 2020, will receive $1 million from Atlanta under a settlement agreed to by the city council Monday.
Officer Garrett Rolfe shot Brooks on June 12, 2020, in an arrest attempt captured on body camera video. Rolfe and Officer Devin Brosnan tried to arrest Brooks for driving under the influence after he fell asleep in a Wendy’s drive-thru lane. It was two weeks after Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Atlanta shooting intensified local protests and rioting. The restaurant was set on fire the next day. The city’s police chief stepped down after the shooting. However, local prosecutors dropped the…
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