brooks. and a lot of people say this is not about rayshard. we want justice for him and his family but this is about being black in america. an this is so much bigger than that. so they have been listening to officials here in atlanta. now they're waiting to see whether or not they're essentially going to put their money where their mouth is. i also talked with the police union and the police union has said that if charges are announced today, brooke, they feel it is at best premature, at worst political. the union representative who will represent those officers in they are, in fact, charged today said they don't believe that those two officers have received due process. they don't believe that a full investigation which they deserve has been done at this point. and they kind of attacked district attorney howard and even mayor keisha lance bottoms saying they were more concerned with politics than due process. but people at this wendy's, marching in the street, morning, noon and night, for a

brooks. the d.a. in fulton county georgia set to speak at any moment. brooks was shot at a wendy's friday night. he resisted awrist, stole the taser and tried to take off. the officer says brooks fired the taser at him and that's when he returned fire. the shooting sparked more protests and more calls for police reform. want to bring in our team. former new york city commissioner howard safer is back with my and from fox news, geral geraldo riviera. what is the legal issue in front of this prosecutor in atlanta? >> well, bill, the legal issue -- thanks for having me on. the legal issue is key. was it a deadly threat? did the officer believe that brooks posed a deadly threat to him or justifiable homicide? the guy was shot twice in the back. it's unlikely it's a justifiable homicide but that is the argument that the defendant will make. i believe he will be charged. i think the appropriate charges is manslaughter. he didn't set out to call rayshard brooks, but he did not have to use deadly for

applied to mr brooks.hen we examine the video tape, and in our discussions with witnesses, what we discovered is during the two minutes and 12 seconds that officer garrett rolfe actually kicked mr brooks while he laid on the ground. while he was there fighting for his life. secondly from the video tape we were able to see that the other officer, officer brosnan, actually stood on mr brooks shoulders he was there struggling for his life. we were able to conclude that based on the way that these officers conducted themselves while mr brooks was lying there, that the demeanour of the officers immediately after the shooting did not reflect any fear or danger of mr brooks, but their actions really reflected other kinds of emotions. so as we are drawing oui’ of emotions. so as we are drawing our legal conclusions in this case, we we re our legal conclusions in this case, we were led by the two foundational cases in this matter, one being tennessee versus garner and when that case points out that when officer is

brooks. officers responding to that wendy's after brooks supposedly fell asleep in the drive-through line. the georgia bureau of investigation says the 27-year-old man failed a field sobriety test. that's when officers tried to arrest him and he apparently resisted and then grabbing one of their tasers and tried to runoff. gbi saying he might have been trying to fire the taser when officers shot at him. brooks died at the hospital. former chief shields he owe. >> out of a deep and abiding love for the city and this department, i offered to step aside as police chief. it is time for the city to move forward and build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve, unquote. joining me now on the phone with msnbc correspondent blayne alexander. blayne, at this hour and we're watching what might we learn next, that might be what comes from body cam video from one of the officers. what do we know? we're learning a couple of things. it was about 43 minutes before the whole thing escal

brooks. and hours ago atlanta's police chief resigning. earlier the attorney for the family of rayshard brooks spoke about his death at the hands of police. take a listen. >> you can't say you don't have other options. where was he going to go? he was barely jogging away. you could have boxed him in. support came in i think two minutes. he would have been foxed in and trapped. why did you have to kill him? >> now, earlier this evening mayor keisha lance bottoms of atlanta announced that chief erika shields had resigned. >> chief erika shields has been a solid member of apd for over two decades and has a deep and abiding love for the people of atlanta. and because of her desire that atlanta be a model of what meaningful reform should look like across this country chief shields has offered to immediately step aside as police chief so that the city may move forward with urgency in rebuilding the trust so desperately needed throughout our communities. >> again, all this coming after the incident

brooks. you'll hear his story. this comes as we get new information about a potential revolt by atlanta police officers. we have the mayor of atlanta here with us tonight to respond to what we are being told reportedly is dozens of officers calling in sick. or failing to answer calls because of the remarkable charges filed today against the atlanta cop who killed rayshard brooks. felony murder and ten other counts. the district attorney says the case could be eligible for the death penalty though he did not say if he would push for that. just for your information, we can't find another case where a police officer ever had the death penalty on the table because of what was done on duty. one aggravating factor for the prosecutor is a detail we hadn't heard before today. they say officer rolfe not only shot brooks multiple times. he kicked brooks, prosecutors say, as the man lay dying in that crowded parking lot. another new information is that prosecutors don't see rayshard as the only victim.

brooks. but when we examined the videotape and in our discussions with witnesses, what we discovered is during the two minutes and 12 seconds that officer rolfe actually kicked mr. brooks while he laid on the ground. while he was there fighting for his life. secondly, from the videotape we were able to see that the other officer, officer bronsan actually stood on mr. brooks' shoulders while he was there struggling for his life. we were able to conclude that based on the way that these officers conducted themselves, while mr. brooks was lying there, that the demeanor of the officers immediately after the shooting did not reflect any fear or danger of mr. brooks, but their actions really reflected other kinds of emotions. so, as we are drawing our legal conclusion in this case, we were led by the two foundational cases in this matter. one being tennessee versus garner. and what that case points out is that when an officer is pursuing a fleeing suspect, that the officer may not use deadly force

breaking free, brooks punches rolf who fires his stun gun as brooks takes off.e's the moment the altercation becomes deadly. we slowed this down for you. you can see chasing brooks, each man carrying a taser. moves taser from right hand to left and reaches to hand gun. that's when brooks turns and fires the taser, and rolf shoots, firing three times at brooks as he flees. bystanders almost immediately begin cursing and shouting at officers. >> both of your careers are done because you just shot a man for no reason. >> a few minutes later, officers begin to provide medical treatment. >> mr. brooks, keep breathing. >> short time later, rushed to nearby hospital, later pronounced dead. officer rolf has been terminated, officer bresnan has been placed on administrative duchlt and erika shields, the chief of police resigned over the weekend. there is ongoing investigation, potentially with charges coming this week. boris sanchez, cnn, atlanta. >> our next guest is former president of the police foundation, former police chief joins me from redlands in california. whe

from brooks himself.view recorded months before his death, he talks about life after incarceration. we get more from cnn's randi kaye. >> now i'm 27 years of age. you know, full-time carpenter. >> reporter: that was rayshard brooks in february this year, just months before he was shot and killed by an atlanta police officer. >> i've always been the type of person to, you know, if you do some things that's wrong, you pay your debts to society. >> reporter: brooks shared his story about navigating the criminal justice system with a group called reconnect. >> i just feel like some of the system could, you know, look at us as individuals. we do have lives. you know, just a mistake we made. and, you know, not just do us as if you're animals. you know, lock us away. when i did get arrested, you know, it was for false imprisonment and -- and financial credit card fraud. i got sentenced to do one year in prison. >> reporter: when he got out brooks had no money, no car, and a mountain of debt. >> for one individua

brooks. this is the wendy's video. you can see he's running away, turns the taser towards police, and we've stopped the video right at the point at which he was shot. he then hits the ground, and there's a lot of controversy over what happened right after that because according to the lawyers for brooks' family it was over two minutes, 2 minutes and 16 seconds before they took his pulse. and the allegation is that in that time they put on gloves and collected shell casings from the scene. now, it would be highly unorthodox in a shooting with police on the scene if this is true. again, this is just what the lawyer from rayshard brooks' fapalfa family to have said. but the implication was rather than render him aid they looked for their shell casings and picked it up while they called for help. it was 2 minutes and 16 seconds before they checked his pulse according to the lawyers. rayshard brooks leaves behind three children and a stepchild, a 13-year-old stepson and three daughters aged 8, 2 a

the police questioned brooks, the police questioned brooks, patted him down with his assent, and gave him a breathalyzer test -- which he failed. rayshard brooks asked the officers if he could lock his car and walk to his sister's house a short distance away, saying to o them, "i can just go saying to them, "i can just go homeme." instead, t the officers attetemd to h handcuff brooks, atat which point t he began to resist and y to escape. one of the officers, garrett rolfe, fired a a stun gun at brooks, who then managed to take the other officer's stun gun and run away. garrett rolfe then fired three gunshots at rayshard brooks, who was pronounced dead at the hospital l later that ninight. the autopsy showed the officer the e autopsy showed the officir shot brooks twice in the bacack. the fufulton county memedical examaminer has rulul brooks's' h a homicide. the autopsy showed the officer shot brooks twtwice in the back. the fulton county medical examiner has ruled brooks' death a homicide. less than 24 hours after the shooting, atlanta's police chief erika shields resigned. garrett r

two would claim brooks' life. now the videos are at center of the latest debate about police deadly use of force. after the death of george floyd, tearing yet another american city apart. >> it didn't have to end that way. it pissed me off. it makes me sad. and i'm frustrated. >> reporter: all of this, as another family mourns the loss of a loved one. >> i didn't know i was going to wake up to my husband never coming home. >> i have a caller, i think he's intoxicated, he's in the middle of my drive-through. i don't know what's wrong with him. >> reporter: minutes after the officer arrives, brooks pulls over into a parking spot. >> what kind of drink >> it was a margarita. >> reporter: another officer arrives, just shy of 11:00 p.m. >> how are you doing? >> i'm doing just fine. >> i wasn't here. can you tell me what happened before i got here? >> nothing happened. i was just here getting something to eat. >> reporter: brooks tells the officers he has no weapons. he's then put through a field sobriety test and a bre

rayshard brooks was silly. he had the brightest smile and the biggest heart and loved to dance since we were kids. me and my uncle are both 27 years of age, 27 years of age. no one walking this green earth expects to be shot and killed like trash in the street for falling asleep in a drive-through. rayshard has a family who loves him, who would have gladly came and got him so he could be with us today. the day after my uncle's murder, his oldest daughter said for her father in her birthday dress to come and take her skating and to look across the room and know that there's never a possibility anymore. that breaks my heart. me and my family are still grieving the loss of my grandfather when my uncle's life was horrifically taken away from him. not only are we hurt, we're angry? when does this stop? we're not only pleading for justice. we're pleading for change. where my uncle was killed is the same zone that we loved and lived all our life and the atlanta police department was there tearing up our city saying le

brooks. the d.a. says brosnan has turned into a state witness. >> he has turned into a state witness. >> reporter: officer brosnan has not agreed to testify nor plead guilty. rolf's attorney said he feared for his safety and the safety of civilians around here. ryan junk, cnn, atlanta. >> we have a cnn legal analyst and civil rights attorney. she joins us from los angeles. thank you so much f rosemary. >> garrett rolf has been fired with felony murder. devin brosnan has agreed to be a state witness but his team denies that. how significant is that? >> it's a very significant development today, rosemary. not only did the district attorney charge both of these officers, he threw the proverbial book at both of these officers, particularly the one of rolf who was involved in the shooting of mr. brooks. didn't charge him with a lesser offense. that carries life without the chance of parole and even the death penalty. these are very serious charges filed against both officers. >> we learned that the former

as brooks takes off. here's the moment the altercation becomes deadly. we slow this down for you, you can see rolfe chasing brooks, each man now carrying a taser. he moves his taser from right to left and reaches toward his handgun. that's when brooks turns and fires the taser. rolfe shoots, firing three times at brooks as he flees. bystanders almost immediately begin cursing and shouting. >> both of your careers are definitely done, because you just shot a man for no reason. >> reporter: a few minutes after he's shot, officers rolfe and brosnan begin to provide medical treatment. >> mr. brooks, keep breathing. >> reporter: a short time later brooks is rushed by ambulance to a nearby hospital where he's later pronounced dead. ana, officers rolfe, who opened fire on brooks, has been terminated. officer brosnan is on administrative duty. of course, the atlanta police chief erika shields resigned last night and an investigation is ongoing. officers have closed off the roads in this area anticipating larger c

brooks. and there are a few things that we just wanted to say on behalf of the brooks family.ou know, i usually don't write anything down because we want to let you know that everything we say is coming directly from the heart. and we've been dealing with this and living with this tragedy just like ms. brooks and her family from the very beginning. i want everybody to know that we want you to stay focused. this is not the finish line. this is the starting point. yes, we appreciate and we commend the d.a.'s office for charging these officers appropriately. but that's just step one. step two is convictions on all charges. and then after that we have to find a way to try to make things right for the brooks family and for those children. like chris and i have said before, justice is not something that is going to be easy in this case. it never is. how do you find justice for three little girls who will never see their father again? how do you get justice for a little girl who, on her birthday every single year from now until the rest of her life, she will remember that that's the

killing brooks. let's go live to atlanta and bring in cnn's diane gallagher. a lot of developments in this case over the weekend. the police officer who shot brooks is no longer on the job. the police chief resigning. what more can you tell us? >> that's right. that officer who shot was fired. the other person was placed on desk duty. the chief of police, erica shields, stepped aside saying she wanted the city to be able to move forward and rebuild trust in the community. now what happens next is looking towards whether or not there may be charges. the district attorney in fulton county is looking at that. he was waiting for the medical examiner's report after the a autopsy that stated he was shot two times in the back. they did list his method of death as homicide, but i want you to listen to what else the district attorney says may play into those charges. >> sometime around wednesday we will be making the decision in this case. we're trying to determine is at that time whether or not the officers

brooks? >> officers suspect brooks has been drinking. as a solution brooks offers to leave his car behind and walk to his sister's home. >> i can go home. i have my daughters there right now. my daughter's birthday was yesterday. >> hold on, mr. brooks. will you take a breath test for me? yes or no. >> i don't want to refuse anything. >> just yes or no. it is completely up to you. >> yes i will. >> reporter: brooks fails the test and as police attempt to arrest him a struggle begins. brooks manages to get ahold of one officer's taser and runs. what happens next is seen via surveillance video. officer garrett rolfe gives chase, transfers his taser to his left hand, and reaches for his gun. brooks turns back toward the officer pointing the taser, firing it. officer rolfe drops his taser, draws his gun, and fires three shots. an autopsy report reveals brooks is shot two times in the back and rules the death a homicide. in an interview with cnn tamika miller said their daughter will always associate her birthday with her father's death. >> s

brooks, keep breathing. >> reporter: a short time later brooks is rushed to a nearby hospital where he'sater pronounced dead. >> our special thanks to boris sanchez for that report. joining us now, the attorney for the family of rayshard brooks. chris, thank you, once again, for joining us. first of all, give us any update you can on where the investigation stands, where the case stands right now. >> we're waiting on the decision from the district attorney. we saw the statement that he put out, the options he's weighing and we're going to keep trying to find witnesses and video of the incident. >> based on the video we've all seen right now, what's your analysis of what we've seen? >> it showed you what kind of person mr. brooks was in the beginning of this incident. it's literally what you tell people how to act when an officer approaches you. even though he had had something to drink, he was polite. he was using sir. he was conducted a 20 to 30-minute sobriety test. did the leg stand, did everything possible. and it should have ended when he said, simply, can i walk to my sister's hous

brooks that presented to him, mr. brooks' back." >> what are we doing? do we care about protesters and trying to solve the issues they have or do we just care to use sacrificial lambs to act like we're going something? we don't know, but what i do know is you're tearing up the atlanta police department. >> reporter: the prosecutor says there's a lot more to the story, that brooks was 18 feet away when the first shot was fired, that the taser brooks had wrestled away from the officer had fired all of its rounds, and that rolfe yelled "i got him" after firing the deadly shots. brooks' family tonight says this is the starting point of justice. >> i was very hurt. i didn't imagine being there, because i don't know what i would have done if i would have seen it for myself. but i felt everything that he felt, just by hearing what he went through. and it hurt. it hurt really bad. >> yes, we appreciate and we commend the d.a.'s office for charging these officers appropriately. but that's just step one. >> reporter: in the streets of atlanta tonight, and at the w

which brooks grabbed the officer's taser.e officer was quickly fired by the department. the district attorney is now considering murder charges. he tells cnn the officer's first remarks after shooting brooks were "i got him." just moments from now, we will be speaking with george floyd's brother, we'll get his reaction to the latest incident as well as everything over the past three weeks. >>> also this morning, sadly the outbreak's still here and there's growing concern about new cases of coronavirus, cases rising in 18 states. florida reporting a record high number of new cases for the third day in a row. new york just reported its lowest daily death toll, but the governor is threatening to roll back the state's reopening after complaints

brooks died at the hospital. former chief shields had been with atlanta pd for more than two decades. her resignation statement reads in part, quote, out of a deep and abiding love for this city and this department, i offer to step aside as police chief. she added, quote, it is time for the city to move forward and build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve, unquote. all right. i'm joined now by phone by msnbc correspondent blayne alexander. blayne, it is 1:00 a.m. local time, and at this hour, with a are we learning about this case? >> so we're learning that there are six different angles, camera angles at least, richard, that shows different vantage points what happened. we're talking about the surveillance video from the wendy's parking lot, the eyewitness video, and then body camera and dash camera video from each of the others. so that's two sets each. so that's four sets. that's six different vantage points to see what's going on. i'm going through right now and looking at the body c

brooks and mr.ok the taser, then that's when it elevated to another level and as you look at the video, i don't know if you have the wendy's video, but you can clearly see that as mr. brooks is running away, he turns towards the officer and he engages the taser. you can see the taser is engaged in the officer's direction because the taser rule enates as -- rule nat ---ruminates as a r. as a result, this is the action the officer took. it goes back to, i don't believe that the necessary provisions were followed in terms of him being terminated without a hearing. i think that this is something that you really need to sit down and put a strong set of eyes to, to make the assessment. it takes hundreds of hours to investigate these police shootings. however, we had a mayor that had a snap judgment that caused the termination of the officer and i feel that that was inappropriate as a result. i understand the tensions are running high in connection with what happened with mr. floyd. i got that. is police r

brooks' body. immediately after the shooting. >> reporter: the district attorney also telling reporters brosnan is now a state witness. >> he has decided to testify on behalf of the state in this case. >> reporter: but according to his attorney -- >> there's to agreement that our client is going to testify at any hearing. in my view, he doesn't need a deal. he shouldn't have been charged with a crime in the first place. >> reporter: the district attorney also providing this image, allegedly showing rolfe kicking brooks after the shooting. that's something his legal team denies and rolfe's lawyers additionally claim that brooks was not running away from the former officer. >> mr. brooks turned and offered extreme violence towards a uniformed law enforcement officer. if he was able to deploy the taser, it would incapacitate officer rolfe through his body armor. >> reporter: brooks' lawyer calling the charges against the two officers a good first step. >> but as you know, you know, that doesn't always

brooks. >> reporter: brooks reaches and grabs officer brosnan's stun gun. brooks starts to run, officer rolfe chasing after him. this is when it turns fatal. when you were able to put two and two together and say, oh, rayshard, that man in the video, they're the same person. >> yeah. >> reporter: what did that feel like in your gut? >> another life taken too soon, and i felt that, you know, what he talked about in his video was the pressures, the expectations that he wanted to meet, and the little time that he was able to spend with his children. and now i thought, well, he'll never be able to see his children again, she'll never be able to hold her husband again. that's just another missed opportunity. >> us being taken away from our family, it's hurting us. but it's hurting our family the most. you know, so, as we go through these trials and tribulations, it's, it's hurting our kids, and it's taking away from our families. >> reporter: during these last few months, we've seen a real re-examination of the racial inequality that is systemic in our systems a

brooks died at the hospital. former chief shields had been with atlanta pd for more than two decades. her resignation reads in part, quote, out of a deep and abiding love for this city and this department, i offer to step aside as police chief. she added, it is time for the city to move forward and build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve, unquote. all right. joined now by phone by msnbc correspondent blayne alexander. blayne, it is 1:00 a.m. local time. we're talking about the surveillance video, the eyewitness video and body camera and dash camera video from each of the officers. that's six different vantage points to see what's going on. they tell us a lot. one, it's a pretty calm interaction for the better part of 40 minutes or so. it wasn't until 43 minutes into that video that an officer tells brooks, mr. brooks, hey, i think you've had too much to drink to be driving. we're going to put you under arrest. that's when he starts to struggle. that's when the tussling starts between th

after brooks admitted to drinking that night. officer garrett rolfe's body camera captured that moment. >> you had about 1 1/2 drinks but you don't remember what kind of drinks they were >> no, sir i really don't. >> all right i think you've had too much to drink to be driving. but your hands behind your back for plea for me. >> reporter: cedric alexander said the situation could have played out differently if policing was more about protecting than prosecuting. >> could we have a called a family member for him. could we have given him a ride home? could we have called an uber? could we have done something more in the realm of helping as opposed to just arresting. >> reporter: the next flash point recorded on the police dashca appears to show brooks trying to break free from custody followed by an intense scuffle on the ground. you could hear police telling brooks to stop. >> you're going to get tased. >> you're going to get tased. >> reporter: from both squad car dashcam angles, yo can see brooks wrestle away one of the officer'

brooks' shoulders. brooks' wife says she was appalled when she was told he kicked her husband. >> i felt everything he felt by hearing what he went through and it hurt. it hurt really bad. >> police were called to a wendy's restaurant friday night after a 911 caller said that a car was blocking the drive through lane. brooks was found by police seemingly asleep at the wheel. police body camera video showed the 20 minute interaction between brooks and the two officers was calm. the officers conducted a sobriety test on the 27-year-old. brooks failed the breathalyzer test and as rolfe began to arrest him, the struggle began. brooks resisted arrest, all three fell to the ground. brooks got away, taking the other officer's taser with him. a chase ensued and brooks turned back towards the officer, pointing the taser. that's when rolfe shot brooks in the back. he was hit twice according to the medical examiner. the attorney for the family said that he saw reason for hope today. >> this isn't like a celebratio

brooks. mr.s was trying to get a courtesy that i've seen law enforcement give to many others which is let somebody come pick me up. is there a way that we can diffuse the situation. it seems as if this officer was hell-bent on taking mr. brooks to jail. we know that he has, you know, been praised before for the number of arrests that he's had and i just think he was hell-bent on making another arrest when sometimes it's okay just to get people home safely and that should be a part of the characteristics and the scripters as well. >> if people were trained, even if the general public thought there was another alternative to not having to involve the police and things like this, now mind you, he had been drunk driving when he was given the breathalyzer. i want to be clear, he was legally drunk. that can be a deadly crime obviously. people are killed by drunk drivers all the time, and so what do you think the answer is here? >> first of all, do we know that he was legally drunk? >> look, the breatha

brooks justice. i understand the pressure and the hate that he's probably und under. >> people talk about reform. we hear from police unions all the time that nobody hates a bad cop more than a good cop. but yet, we don't see time and time again good cops stepping forward and saying yeah, we know who the bad cops are and the people we don't want to patrol are. nobody seems to step forward and stand up. when it was announced he would be testifying, that gave some people i think some hope and now, obviously, that seems to be not the case or at least he doesn't at that point want to do that. >> it gave me a lot of hope. and it made everything worth it when i always say that there are some phenomenal police officers out there and i catch heat for even acknowledging the good officers out there, but then i catch heat for going after officers that kill somebody unjustly and it gave me hope that while the time is really changing where officers are going to step forward and say no, no more. we see changes hap

the other officer allegedly stood on brooks' shoulders while brooks was on the ground. prosecutors said that officer would be a witness for the state, but in an unusual twist, officer officer devon brosnan's attorney says that's not true, they didn't agree to that. both men must turn themselves in today. >>> also this morning, coronavirus cases are surging now in 23 states. that is two more than yesterday. ten states have set records for the highest seven-day average of new cases. despite those facts, those numbers, president trump remains in denial. he insists the virus is, quote, dying out. that's not what the facts say. cnn's diane gallagher is live in atlanta with our top story. diane, these new images are alarming here. tell us what you know and tell us the reaction of police in atlanta now. >> jim. it was the first time many of us had seen those images that you're referring to. the district attorney announcing charges against those two officers for the killing of 27-year-old rayshard brooks. the officer who pulled the trigger facing a potential death penalty sente

he has spoken to the lawyers, who say that brooks had children and in fa ct, that brooks had childrenhe next few days will bring a real mixture of weather across the uk, just like we saw during the first half of the weekend. the sunshine in the north—west of wales lifted temperatures to a high of 25.5 degrees here. whereas the low cloud, the fog, the haar, that affected eastern scotland meant the temperature in edinburgh was only 12 degrees in the afternoon. we also saw quite a few heavy and thundery showers breaking out, but we‘ve still got this area of low pressure sitting close to the south—west. that‘s where we had more frequent showers earlier on. and there may well be some further thundery showers breaking out on sunday, but large parts of the uk will be dry, warm and humid as well. it will start off grey and misty and murky, though, across much of scotland and the north east of england. that low cloud, the haar, retreating back to coastal areas, and we‘ll see some sunny spells developing. that will trigger some showers, particularly into the afternoon across parts of england an

brooks and it broke my heart. when he talked about his daughter's birthday party that he was planning for. this is not confrontational. this was a guy that you were rooting for and even knowing the end, watching it you're going, just let him go, let him go. let him call somebody to pick him up. and i think that's the challe e challenges that we're all facing as leaders right now. people are looking to us to lead, but when these things continue to happen over and over again, we're asking ourselves the same questions, how do we lead during this time. >> the atlanta mayor added that everyone, not just police officers, have so many biases and it happens every day. >>> joining me now from los angeles is retired los angeles police chief cheryl, sargeant dorsey. >> the district attorney will file this week whether charges are filed in the death of rayshard brooks. what are the questions the da will be looking to answer as this footage is reviewed? >> probable cause is a very low threshold. he's telegraphed he was there.

that's when brooks turns and fires the taser and rolfe shoots, firing three times at brooks as he flees. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: bystanders begin cursing and shouting at the officers. >> both of your careers are definitely done, because you just shot a man for no reason. >> reporter: a few minutes after he shot, the officers begin to provide medical treatment. a short time later, brooks is rushed by ambulance to a nearby hospital where he's later pronounced dead. fred, you already noted the investigation that is now under way. officer rolfe, the policeman who fired those shots, has been terminated. officer brosnan is on administrative leave. and the atlanta police chief stepped down. you can hear the outrage and grief of the community in full display, fred. >> yeah. lots of grief and outrage indeed. boris, thank you so much. again, the district attorney saying that they're looking at all the evidence, all the angles of the videotape there. and that charges against garrett rolfe are likely to come this week. cedric alexander is the former president of the national organization of black

so, if he did all of this training, why is rayshard brooks dead? >> yeah, that's the question that i wrestle with. one thing about the atlanta police force, we have a police department that reflects the citizenship. atlanta has a large amount of african-american officers, women officers, lgbtq officers. officer training is, you know, beyond what any other department has. i think they get fantastic training and they get retraining. but you know what, we can't out-train some things that are biases, and i don't know what went through mr. rolfe's mind before he fired that weapon, but i know what goes through the minds of people across america when they have implicit and unconscious bias that has led them to believe that the incident that they're dealing with is bigger than it is because it is an african-american, whether that's a job interview, whether that's a loan document, whether that's an altercation with officers. we've seen it time and time again. hopefully our training, hopefully the conversations -- we have the national center for civil human

brooks that presented to him, mr. brooks' back.ers and solve the issues they have? or just care about using sacrificial lambs to act like we're doing something? >> reporter: the prosecutor says there's a lot more to the story, that brooks was 18 feet away when the first shot was fired, that the taser brooks wrestled away had fired all its rounds, and that rolfe yelled "i got him" after firing the deadly shots. brooks' family says this was the starting point of justice. >> i was very hurt. i didn't imagine being there, because i don't know what i would have done if i would have seen that for myself. but i felt everything that he felt just by hearing what he went through. and it hurt. it hurt really bad. >> yes, we appreciate and we commend the d.a.'s office for charging these officers appropriately. but that's just step one. >> reporter: the district attorney says that the first officer who arrived on the scene has agreed to turn state's witness, but that officer's lawyer says that's not true, that he has not agreed to testify, he h

brooks running, fired the taser wildly. rolfe responded, three gunshots, killing brooks. medical examiner found brooks had two gunshot wounds in his back. the shooting was a homicide. by then atlanta had erupted. protestors choked off a highway and squared off against riot police. someone torched the wendy's. brooks' family was still grieving today. >> i want y'all to know y'all took my cousin from me! ( sobbing ) >> reporter: brooks had four kids with his wife, tamika miller. >> i dropped to my knees, because once i heard, i knew it was nothing good. >> reporter: what do you want now for justice? >> i want them to go to jail. it was murder... that was not justified. >> reporter: officer rolfe in particular seemed to be staring at significant felony charges. the taser that brooks was holding is not considered a deadly weapon, and he was shot twice in the back. norah. >> o'donnell: mark strassmann in atlanta, thank you. atlanta's mayor says she's ordering a series of reforms in the wake of brooks' death, including requiring police to de-escalate situations. the changes com

brooks's widow is calling it murder. the family is pleading for criminal charges against the officer. protesters on the march 21 days after the death of george floyd in minneapolis sparked a national crisis and a serious conversation about race. >>> also breaking, president trump says he will sign an executive order on policing tomorrow. cnn has learned the reforms will be modest and leave the heavy lifting to congress. >>> let's go to our national correspondent, ryan young. he's in atlanta for us. ryan, you have some new information, i understand, on the rayshard brooks case. what are you learning? >> reporter: yes, absolutely, wolf, in the last five minutes or so, we just received new information from the atlanta police department. they released the new 911 audio from that night, and in it, you can hear someone who works at the wendy's calling for 911 because they tried to wake a man up inside a car. they're describing to police what exactly they were trying to do and they were calling for help. beside that, police hav

you're about to see brooks running from the police. he appears to turn back toward the police officers and discharge the taser before turning back around and continuing to run. you then see him fall to the ground and once again this video is disturbing. >> there's the moment rayshard brooks appears to discharge the taser. the officer fires once more in slow motion. >>> here's what the attorneys representing the brooks family say happened next. listen to this. >> we talked to some witnesses today who said that officers went and put on plastic gloves and picked up their shell casings after they killed him before rendering aid. we counted 2:16 before they checked his pulse. and people wonder why everyone's mad. watch the video as he lays there dying the officers stand around. one kicks him and flips him over. the witnesses tell us, which we can't see on camera, they filmed it, they went and picked up the shell casings i wonder why. so all of you can't know how far away he was when they shot. so you can't find their positions when they use

breaking free, brooks punches rolfe who fires his stun gun as brooks takes off.ere's the moment the altercation becomes deadly. we slowed it down for you. rolfe chasing brooks, each man carrying a taser. rolfe moves taser from right hand to left and reaches toward his hand gun. that's when brooks turns and fires the taser and rolfe shoots, firing three times at brooks as he flees. bystanders almost immediately become cursing and shouting at the officers. >> both of your careers are definitely done because you just shot a man for no reason! >> reporter: a few minutes after he's shot, officers rolfe and brosnan begin to offer medical attention. >> keep breathing. >> reporter: he's rushed to nearby hospital where he's later pronounced dead. officer rolfe who opened fire has been terminated. officer brosnan who first responded is on administrative duty. and erika shields, chief of police in atlanta, resigned over the weekend. there's ongoing investigation with potential charges coming this week. boris sanchez, cnn, atlanta. >> even with the video, prosecutors have a

what do we know about the man himself, raysha rd brooks?y was his daughter's eighth birthday. she was waiting for him, in fact, the lawyer said that when they were speaking to the family, they were having her birthday today, because she doesn't know what happened. she was waiting on her dad to come and get her to take her skating. so, it is a surreal scene, as the lawyers are talking about what happens next, brooks being dead and this little girl is waiting for her dad to come pick her up. moving to france now, where there have been clashes between protesters and police in several cities across france. demonstrators are demanding an end to racism in french society under the black lives matter movement following the death of george floyd in the united states. police fired tear gas after crowds threw fireworks and bottles. rich preston has this report. demonstrations were most intense in the capital, paris, but also took place in marseille, nice and lyon. chanting in the capital, around 15,000 gathered in place de la republique. they say the

three shots are fired and brooks go down. steve gainer says the police were justified >> based on the split second where the taser shoots at him, he makes the decision to shoot back i believe based on the videos i have seen, he had the right to return fire. >> reporter: he says the officer's actions were not justified. >> the officer has to see an imminent danger of his life or the life of someone else you see the subject running away there's no life at risk at that time >> reporter: voices for police accountability and justice are growing louder for a shooting that's shaken the country again. >> can you, in this case, shoot this individual? should you shoot this individual and if you do, why did you so those are three questions that will have to be answered. >> reporter: cathy parks, nbc news >>> turning now to russia where an american stands accused of espionage. secretary of state mike pompeo called for the release of paul whelan, who has spent 18 months in a russian prison for alleged spying our reporter joins us now from

brooks. but their actions really reflected other kinds of emotions. >> garrett rolfe, the shooter, has been charged with 11 counts, including felony murder, which carries anywhere from a life sentence to life without parole, to the death penalty. officer brosnan faces three charges, including aggravated assault for standing on mr. brooks. neither has been arrested. they've been told to turn themselves in by tomorrow evening. late today, cnn obtained a statement from officer rolfe's attorney saying in part, quote, the loss of life in any instance is tragic. however, officer rolfe's actions were justified. for his part, officer brosnan's attorney says his actions friday night were, quote, exemplary. and then, there's this video obtained by cnn of rayshard brooks, just this year, just months before he was shot. talking about what it's like to have been in prison and what it's like out, when you get out of prison. >> i'm 27 years of age. you know, full ti-time carpente. you know, have three beaut

brooks, the video shows rayshard brooks first resisting arrest and then attacking both police officers. you see the struggle. both officers, you can see, are hit. you hear the police on tape clearly saying over and over, stop fighting, stop fighting. we'll have to tase you. stop fighting. stop grabbing the taser. and then ultimately mr. brooks grabs one of the taser's. he stood up, the cops are still on the ground. the video seems clear as mr. brooks is running, he turns around and in fact, this is what the apd is saying, seems to fire the taser. the officer and foot pursuit, officer rolfe. he responded by shooting mr. brooks twice in the back with a handgun. horrific scene. as you watch it, what is so, so sad to me about this is up until that very second when they attempted to handcuff him, the exchange was polite, professional, and all courtesies on both sides. all of this did not have to happen. our thoughts and prayers are with everybody involved in this. the brooks family, everybody involved. you heard what sounded like genuine niceness, respect for mr. brooks of the police and th

brooks. it angered me and it saddened me beyond words. but i me that it is my responsibility as mayor of this great city for us to continue to work to put that anger and that sadness into action. >> joining us is paul howard junior district attorney of georgia. you said that a decision on possible charges against the officer who shot rayshard brooks would be made sometime around wednesday. can you go through which charges may be under consideration? >> there are three major charges we are considering, the first charge being murder, which addresses an intent to kill. the second charge felony murder, which occurs when death arises out of an underlying felony and in this case, the underlying felony would be an aggravated assault. the third charge that we're considering is voluntarily manslaughter, which is a death in a heat of passion. >> i want to play something mr. brooks' widow told cbs about the officers. let's play that. >> i want them to go to jail. i want them to deal with the same thing

brooks. other video of the scene clearly showed rayshard brooks running away from the officer when he shot him in the back. the fulton county district attorney says he expects to make a decision about criminal charges this week. he is deeply disturbed by what he has seen on video. >> when i saw that footage that you just displayed, that conversation went on about 22 minutes with mr. brooks talking with these two officers, and it's very difficult when you see it, when you see the demeanor of mr. brooks to imagine that some sort time later it ends up with him being dead. >> how do you describe his demeanor? >> i thought that it was cordial. he was very cooperative. he answered the questions that the officers asked. he did not seem to present any kind of threat to anyone. and, so, the fact that it would escalate to his death just seems unreasonable. >> everything about the body cam video from oath officers is deeply disturbing, as the prosecutor said. even the most innocent and friendly moments,

brooks and discharges the firearm. and so far, all of the professionals have indicated that we just don't see where the use of deadly physical force is justified. you're talking about nonlethal, if you want to assume that mr. brooks was pointing or trying to discharge the taser. you talk about the use of nonlethal weapons. in new york, we call it a dangerous instrument as opposed to a deadly weapon. and a police officer responding with an excessive amount of force, high up on the chart use of force continuum, excessive in using deadly physical force against an individual who was using just perhaps a certain level -- a dangerous force against him. there is no balance there. but once again, like i said, you have to really -- we have to begin to be honest about the conversation and pardon the -- part of the frustration around the nation is there is no breakdown. there is no mental lapses overall. this is only relates to block and brown people. but i think the video, the video evidence going to be important. i think the wi