The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks during a confrontation in a Wendy’s parking lot in June has filed a lawsuit over his dismissal from the force, arguing that his firing violated his constitutional rights and caused him “to become a public spectacle and object of ridicule.”
Garrett Rolfe’s attorneys filed a petition on Aug. 4 (pdf) as part of a civil action lawsuit targeting the Interim Chief of the City of Atlanta Police Department and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms, claiming the former officer “has suffered irreparable injury to his personal and professional reputation as a result of his unlawful dismissal.”
