A district attorney in Atlanta charged a former police officer with felony murder in Friday's shooting death of Rayshard Brooks.
NOEL KING, HOST:
A former Atlanta police officer is charged with felony murder, among other things, for shooting Rayshard Brooks in the back.
STEPHANNIE STOKES, BYLINE: Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard emphasized how the encounter between Rayshard Brooks and the Atlanta police started.
STOKES: But when Officer Garrett Rolfe moves to arrest Brooks, he fights to get free.
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HOWARD: And at the time that the shot was fired, the utterance made by Officer Rolfe was, I've got it.
