Posted on 06/18/2020 7:20:25 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard Jr. told reporters Wednesday he believes prosecutors ought to be able to bypass any grand jury requirement and indict officers immediately in officer-involved shooting scenarios.
Howard spoke during a press conference in which he announced felony charges against former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe.
Rolfe was the officer who allegedly shot and killed Rayshard Brooks on Friday, after Brooks allegedly grabbed Rolfe’s taser, ran, and fired the taser back toward Rolfe.
Rolfe then shot Brooks, fatally wounding him.
Rofle’s attorneys said, “When Mr. Brooks turned and pointed an object at Officer Rolfe, any officer would have reasonably believed that he intended to disarm, disable, or seriously injure him.”
Howard countered by saying the taser was allegedly fired twice and that Rolfe should have known that “once it’s fired twice it presented no danger to him or to any other persons.”
Video from Fox 10 shows that Howard went further insomuch as he lamented the time it will take to bring together a grand jury to examine the facts in case involving Officer Rolfe and Mr. Brooks.
In the video, taken during Wednesday’s press conference, Howard said, “One of the things that I’m hoping that we will pass, not only in our state but in the entire country, is that I think we need to change the law. I believe that prosecutors should be allowed to indict cases directly, without a grand jury, when they involve police shootings.”
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Um no thanks
Wow.
Incredibly ignorant. This guy was actually elected.
Just damn.
Drama Queens shouldn’t be District Attorneys.
And while we’re at it let’s get rid of those pesky trials and just let the judge move directly to sentencing. /sarc
Wait - they're the ones calling US fascists?
All those Atlanta cops are going to walk and they won’t come back until that DA is replaced.
Ok. Put your badge on and get’r done bud.
An Office4r of the Court arguing for the Direct Violation of the US Constitution should be a DISBARMENT Offense!!!
The Left and show trials ... when do the gulags open?
How about bypassing trial as well? Go directly to jail.
I know of an Assistant District Attorney who actually posted a video online about how they get “giddy” when the police put cuffs on people. Then goes on to say “sometimes I’m evil”. Every person prosecuted by this individual deserves a new trial.
This DA is all over the place and blowing both of his cases against the police in the process. Constitution be damned!
F that.
This DA needs to be fired immediately for not only ignoring the law but actively depriving anyone of their constitutional rights.
But, of course, this is further communism 101. Just indict and imprison anyone the government doesn’t like.
All he has to do is rewrite the Georgia state constitution. I just kinda doubt that he can find that type of support.
I think he’s a bit worried that once all the evidence is presented...the grand jury might not be persuaded on anything significant, and involuntary manslaughter might be the only potential charge (meaning if dealt with as a misdemeanor....it’s just 12 months or less in a state prison...Georgia law).
And therein lies the problem. District Attorney has become a political position more than the chief prosecutor for a county.
I've heard of a few impeached judges who became County DA's after all the furor died down.
Blue Flu is going to be very severe tonight methinks.
A Soros DA.
To Leftist and Democrats Grand Juries are good and necessary, until they come up against political correctness.
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