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| Rayshard Brooks: Accused officer bailed despite widow's plea | Rayshard Brooks: Accused officer bailed despite widow's plea |
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| A judge has granted bail for an ex-Atlanta police officer charged with killing an African-American man in a restaurant car park earlier this month. | A judge has granted bail for an ex-Atlanta police officer charged with killing an African-American man in a restaurant car park earlier this month. |
| Garrett Rolfe, now free on a $500,000 (£403,000) bond, faces 11 charges, including murder, for the death of Rayshard Brooks, 27, on 12 June. | Garrett Rolfe, now free on a $500,000 (£403,000) bond, faces 11 charges, including murder, for the death of Rayshard Brooks, 27, on 12 June. |
| Mr Brooks' widow implored the judge to not grant bail, arguing Mr Rolfe was a danger to the community. | Mr Brooks' widow implored the judge to not grant bail, arguing Mr Rolfe was a danger to the community. |
| Mr Brooks' death fuelled anti-racism protests across the US. | Mr Brooks' death fuelled anti-racism protests across the US. |
| He was shot while fleeing Mr Rolfe and another white officer. Mr Brooks had just failed a sobriety test. As the officers tried to arrest him, he punched Mr Rolfe, snatched his partner's Taser and then fired the stun gun towards Mr Rolfe as he gave chase. | |
| Tomika Miller, Mr Brooks' widow, spoke at the bond hearing on Tuesday via video. | |
| Through tears, she told Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jane Barwick that Mr Rolfe "has already shown he's a danger to the community". | |
| "My husband did not deserve to die, and I should not live in fear while waiting for the man who killed my husband to be tried in court." | |
| Judge Barwick thanked Ms Miller for her bravery but said Mr Rolfe was not a flight risk and that she did not believe he posed a danger to the community. |