STANDING ON MR. BROOKS’ BODY.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SHOOT.
-- SHOOTING.
THESE ARE THE CHARGES THAT WE
HAVE HAD FILED TODAY.
SIGNED BY ONE OF OUR SUEPERIOR
COURT.
THE CHARGES AGAINST OFFICER
ROLFE, FIRST CHARGE IS FELONY
MURDER.
THE DEATH AS A RESULT OF AN
UNDERLYING FELONY, IN THIS CASE,
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY
WEAPON.
THE POSSIBLE SENTENCE FOR A
FELONY MURDER CONVICTION WOULD
BE LIFE, LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE OR
THE DEATH PENALTY.
NOW, HE’S ALSO CHARGED IN THE
ARREST WARRANT WITH ING AAGGRAVA
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.
AND THIS IS COUNT CHARGING HIM
FOR THE SHOOTING OF MR. BROOKS.
AND A POSSIBLE SENTENCE FOR
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT IS 20 YEARS.
THE SECOND OF THE THIRD
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ACCOUNT IS
FOR THE SHOOTING TOWARDS OREGON
IN THE DIRECTION OF MR. EVANS,
MR. EVANS WAS THE PERSON WHO WAS SEATED IN THE CAR -- IF WE HAVE
SEATED IN THE CAR -- IF WE HAVE THE PICTURE.
>> AND IF YOU WOULD POINT OUT
THIS AUTOMOBILE IS THE PLACE
THAT MR. EVANS AND HIS TWO
COMPANIONS WERE DRIVING AND THE
SHOT WAS FIRED.
I INLBELIEVE WE ALSO GOT A PHOTO
THE SHOT THAT ENDED UP IN THE
VEHICLE.
I THINK YOU GOT IT. STAND IT UP.
STAND IT UP.
AND SO, WITH COUNT FOUR, -- IN
THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FRONT
SEAT OF THE CAR, NEXT SLIDE.
COUNT FIVE, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
CHARGE AND THIS WAS A CHARGE FOR
SHOOTING TOWARDS OR IN THE
DIRECTION OF MICHAEL PERKINS,
MR. PERKINS WAS SEATED IN THE REAR OF THIS SAME VEHICLE AT
REAR OF THIS SAME VEHICLE AT
THAT TIME.
OFFICER ROLEFE IS ALSO CHARGED
WITH SEVEN VIOLATIONS, ONE TO
FIVE SENTENCES.
THESE ARE VIOLATIONS OF HIS OATH
OF OFFICE, ARRESTING MR. BROOKS
FOR THE DUI WITHOUT IMMEDIATELY
INFORMING HIM OF THE ARREST.
SHOOTING A TASER AT MR. BROOKS
WHILE HE WAS RUNNING WHICH
AGAIN IS A VIOLATION OF
ATLANTA’S OWN S.O.P.
THOROUGHLY EXCESSIVE FORCE WHEN
SHOOTING A FIREARM AT MR.
BROOKS.
AND NUMBER FOUR IS THE FAILURE
TO RENDER TIMELY MEDICAL AID.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR VIOLATIONS OF
OATH.
THE EIGHTH IS FOR KICKING MR.
BROOKS AND THE POSSIBLE SENTENCE
FOR KICKING MR. BROOKS IS FROM 1
TO 20 YEARS. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE
-- AND THESE ARE THE CHARGES
FOR OFFICER BROSNAN AND THERE
ARE A TOTAL OF THREE CHARGES AND
THE FIRST CHARGE IS FOR
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND THIS IS
FOR STANDING OR --
THE POSSIBLE SENTENCE FOR THIS
CRIME IS 1 TO 20 YEARS AND THIS
IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF OFFICER
BROSNAN, WHO YOU CAN SEE TO THE
RIGHT AND AT THE TIME OF THE
PHOTOGRAPH, HE IS STANDING ON
THE BODY OF MR. BROOKS.
AND AS I’VE INDICATED EARLIER IN
OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. --
WITH OFFICER BROSNAN, HE HAS
ADMITTED THAT HE STOOD ON THE
BODY OF MR. BROOKS.
HE SAYS THAT HE BELIEVES THAT HE
WAS STANDING ON MR. BROOKS’ ARM
BUT THAT IS WHAT THE PHOTOGRAPH
SHOWS.
WE’VE ALSO CHARGED HIM WITH
ADDITIONALLY TWO VIOLATIONS OF
OATH.
ONE IS FOR THE STANDING ON THE
SHOULDER.
THAT IS AN UNAUTHORIZED,
WEAPONLESS CONTROL TECHNIQUE,
WHICH THE CITY OF ATLANTA
PROHIBITS AND THE SECOND
VIOLATION OF OATH WAS FOR THE FAILURE TO RENDER TIMELY MEDICAL
FAILURE TO RENDER TIMELY MEDICAL
AID TO MR. BROOKS.
WE ARE ASKING OFFICER ROLFE AND OFFICER BRESNAN TO SURRENDER
OFFICER BRESNAN TO SURRENDER
THEMSELVES BY 6:00 P.M. TOMORROW
BECAUSE OFFICER BROSNAN IS NOW
BECOMING A COOPERATING WITNESS
FOR THE STATE, WE ARE ASKING THE
COURT TO GRANT A BOND OF $50,000
AND TO ALLOW MR. -- OFFICER
BROSNAN TO SIGN THAT BOND.
AS I INDICATED THAT HE WOULD
BECOME ONE OF THE FIRST POLICE
OFFICERS TO ACTUALLY INDICATE
THAT HE IS WILLING TO TESTIFY
AGAINST SOMEONE IN HIS OWN
DEPARTMENT.
AS FOR OFFICER ROLFE, THE PERSON
WHO FIRED THE TWO BULLETS, WE
ARE ASK INGING -- WE ARE
RECOMMENDING NO BOND FOR OFFICER
ROLFE.
IF HE IS GIVEN A BOND, THAT
WOULD BE DONE BY ONE OF OUR
SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES, BUT
BECAUSE OF THE SEVERITY OF HIS
ACT AND THEN FOLLOWING UP THAT