Devin Brosnan, One of the two Atlanta police officers involved in the shooting death of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks, suffered a concussion during the incident after the suspect struck him in the face with his fist prior to grabbing a taser and running away.
In addition, according to his attorney, Don Samuel, Brosnan suffered other injuries during the altercation, which would not have happened had Brooks not have initiated the fight as he was being handcuffed for drunk driving.
“Devin ends up taking out his Taser and yelling at him to ‘stop fighting, stop fighting,’” said Don Samuel, an attorney for Brosnan, in an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo. “Mr. Brooks grabbed the Taser from him and shoots … Devin gets shot with the Taser.”
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When that happened, Brosnan fell over and landed on the pavement, striking his head and receiving the concussion, Samuel explained, adding that Fulton County prosecutors never looked at his client’s medical records.
That would explain why he didn’t follow the officer who shot Brooks, Garrett Rolfe, as the suspect ran away armed with a taser.
Brosnan and former officer Garrett Rolfe responded to incident in a Wendy’s parking lot on Friday, leading to the deadly altercation with Brooks, who resisted arrest after failing a field sobriety test, leading to a struggle with both officers. During the altercation, Brooks obtained an officer’s taser and attempted to flee the scene, which led to a chase.
“Officers pursued Brooks on foot and during the chase, Brooks turned and pointed the Taser at the officer. The officer fired his weapon, striking Brooks,” the Georgia Bureau of Investigation stated.
The New York Post added:
Samuel said the concussed Brosnan didn’t even realize Brooks had been shot when he “put his foot on the arm to make sure he didn’t have access to a weapon” as he lay on the ground.
“It’s not an assault. It’s a man suffering from a concussion,” he added.
Rolfe is facing “11 counts, including felony murder and aggravated assault, criminal damage to property and violations to his oath of office,” while Brosnan is facing “aggravated assault and two violations of oath of office,” per WSB-TV.
Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard Jr. claimed that Brooks “did not pose an immediate threat of death or serious physical injury,” noting that the suspect was running away when he was shot by Rolfe.
But of course, he had already committed multiple violations of the law, and struck a police officer, and stolen a weapon.
No matter. Howard has charged both officers with crimes; Rolfe has been charged with murder.
To that end, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation made a stunning admission following the filing of charges – namely, that the agency wasn’t even aware they were coming (because the investigation isn’t even complete yet).
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The GBI stated it was “not aware of today’s press conference before it was conducted,” nor were investigators “consulted on the charges filed by the District Attorney.”
“Despite today’s occurrence, the GBI will complete its mission of completing an impartial and thorough investigation of this incident and we will submit the file, once completed, to the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office,” the agency said.
