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Atlanta police officer sacked for shooting as protests continue across US
This screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Rayshard Brooks speaking with Officer Garrett Rolfe in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant, late Friday
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ATLANTA police fired officer Garrett Rolfe today for shooting dead Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old black man, on Friday night as anti-racist protests continued to surge across the US and the world.
The Georgia city’s Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said she had accepted the resignation of police chief Erika Shields.
“I do not believe this was a justified use of deadly force,” she said.
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