United Statesarrett Rolfe, a police officer who shot dead Rayshards Brooks in Atlanta on June 12, was charged with murder.

Fulton County Attorney Paul Howard said on June 17 in Atlanta that police officer Garrett Rolfe had no reason to shoot Rayshard Brooks when Brooks fled.

"We conclude that at the time of the Brooks shooting, he posed no threat of death or serious injury to officers," Howard said.

Rolfe faces 11 crimes including murder of felonies (murder in the course of another serious crime), serious assault and violation of police regulations.

Devin Brosnan, Rolfe's colleague, was charged with serious assault and violation of police regulations.

Rayshard Brooks, 27, was shot dead in a car park in the city of Atlanta on June 12.

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A video taken by a witness at the scene showed Brooks struggling with two policemen, shocked an officer with an electric gun and punched him in the face.

A Fulton Office of Medical Examiner's report said Brooks died of organ damage and blood loss from two gunshot wounds.

The Brooks shootings occurred amid protests still taking place across the United States and many countries after the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man killed by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 25.