Brooks' family attorney seeks justice: The attorney for Brooks said he was surprised but pleased by the felony murder charge announced against the now-fired police officer that shot and killed Brooks.Eyewitness accounts: An attorney representing Melvin Evans and Michael Perkins, who were both witnesses to Brooks' death, said "What our clients witnessed was a murder." Evans and Perkins, both musicians, were visiting Atlanta from Memphis, Tennessee.He’s not at fault at all with regard to the shooting,” attorney Don Samuel told CNN. Brosnan's attorney speaks out: Brosnan's attorney said the charges against his client go “way too far.” “Officer Brosnan is not charged at all with anything to do with the actual shooting.He is charged with aggravated assault and violation of oath by a public officer in the death of Brooks. Atlanta officer out on bond: Atlanta police officer Devin Brosnan, one of the officers at the scene of Brooks' death, bonded out of jail on Thursday afternoon. He made no comments as he left the Fulton County Jail.He faces a felony murder charge for Brooks' death. Rolfe, 27, the former officer who shot Brooks, is facing a total of 11 counts. Former officer turns himself in: Former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe has turned himself in to authorities, according to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department.Officer Devin Brosnan, who is currently on administrative duty, faces three charges including aggravated assault. On Wednesday: Howard announced the charges filed against the police officers involved in the shooting of Brooks in a Wendy's parking lot in Atlanta.įormer officer Garrett Rolfe is facing 11 charges including felony murder. "If a police officer is involved with misconduct, we're going to go forward with it. But if the police officer is not involved in misconduct, we want to, with the same attitude, tell the community that the officers were right," Howard added. Howard said he and his office will "continue to do what we think is right." "The threats seem to be racially-based. What I was saying is if you look historically at the deaths that I referred to earlier, the deaths that we've seen recently, there's certainly a racial connection. That same connection is evident in some of the threats that I received. I can say to those people who are threatening me in my office, we won't be intimidated," Howard told CNN Thursday afternoon. The California Attorney General's office is investigating the death of a 24-year-old black man who was found hanging from a tree in northern Los Angeles County. "I've got to tell you it doesn't help circumstances. Everyone's on edge. There are a lot of people who are very frightened. A lot of people are courageous and peacefully protesting. To see these things just doesn't help," he told CNN on Thursday. The FBI is investigating the effigy as a hate crime, Schaaf said.Ĭalifornia Attorney General Xavier Becerra weighed in on the incident, calling it "chilling." Some context: The effigy was found a day after a hate crime investigation was opened into nooses found on trees in Oakland, California, according to police. Police officers found "material stuffed in the shape of a human body with a rope tied around the torso and neck, laying on the ground next to a tree with an American flag lying next to it," the statement said. The resident removed the effigy from the tree and called police, the statement said. The effigy was found hanging in a tree near Lake Merritt on Thursday morning by a resident, according to a statement from the Oakland Police Department. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf called the effigy found near Lake Merritt “a deliberate and vile attempt to traumatize and divide Oaklanders.”
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