Atlanta officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks is reinstated

The fired Atlanta police officer who is charged in the fatal 2020 shooting of Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man, has been reinstated. The Atlanta Civil Service Board reversed his firing on Wednesday, ruling that Garrett Rolfe was "not afforded his right to due process."

"Due to the City's failure to comply with several provisions of the Code and the information received during witnesses' testimony, the Board concludes the Appellant was not afforded his right to due process," the board said in a five-page decision. "Therefore, the Board grants the Appeal of Garrett Rolfe and revokes his dismissal as an employee of the APD." On June 12, 2020, Rolfe and another officer responded to a call that a man was sleeping in his car at a Wendy's parking lot. Police said Brooks failed a sobriety test and struggled with police when they tried to cuff him.