Police officer Garrett Rolfe has been hit with 11 criminal charges in the police brutality based murder of 27-year-old African-American man, Rayshard Brooks. The charges include murder. He is potentially facing the death penalty if convicted of the charges.

Rolfe and his fellow officer, Devin Brosnan, responded to a call from a Wendy's fast food restaurant in Atlanta, George, regarding a man sleeping in a vehicle at the drive-thru. Rolfe administered a breathalyzer test on Brooks, which he failed.

Rolfe and Brosnan then moved to arrest Brooks, attempting to place him in cuffs. Brooks broke free, grabbed Brosnan's taser and began running away. Brooks, in a drunken state, briefly fired the electronic weapon at Rolfe, without even properly aiming it at the officer. Rolfe, who was clumsily running after Brooks, became angry, bumped into a car and drew his weapon. Rolfe shot Brookes twice in the back and cheerfully stated "I got him!"

There was no due diligence or duty of care. Brosnan murdered a fleeing man, in conduct that was completely unnecessary. How much damage could the taser have done, which did not even make contact with him in the first place. He was dealing with a drunk man. Drunk people are not fully in charge of their faculties. That's no reason to murder them.

The Wendy's restaurant was set on fire in an act of arson during protesting. The incident regarding Brooks' murder reopened wounds that had not even fully healed regarding the police brutality based killing of unarmed African-American, George Floyd.