Civil rights attorney Leo Terrell said Thursday that former Atlanta Police Department officer Garrett Rolfe is a victim of “reverse discrimination” who would not have been charged with murder if he were black.
“Do you honestly believe that if those officers were black, these charges would be filed? This is reverse discrimination. That’s the elephant in the room,” Terrell told Fox News’ “Hannity” during a discussion of the charges brought against Rolfe and the other police officers accused in the case.
Rolfe was fired and charged following the lethal shooting of Rayshard Brooks, who was killed after police found him asleep in his car. The conversation between Brooks and the police began in a civil tone but a video apparently shows Brooks taking the officer’s taser as the situation escalates.
“He is going to have a fantastic case,” Terrell said of Rolfe. Terrell continued to say that Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard, who is black, had overreached his authority and “should resign or recuse himself.”
David Krayden – Daily Caller – June 19, 2020.
