The widow of Rayshard Brooks’ is suing the City of Atlanta and the two police officers involved in the incident that killed him.
According to TMZ, Tomeka Miller filed a lawsuit on behalf of Rayshard’s estate that claims her late husband’s controversial shooting death in a Wendy’s parking lot in June of 2020 was “senseless and unjustified.”
Miller’s lawsuit claims Rayshard remained “calm, polite, cordial and cooperative” with cops during a 41-minute interaction until the moment officer Garrett Rolfe began handcuffing Brooks to arrest him and threw him to the ground.
The suit also claims the other cop involved, Devin Brosnan, threatened Rayshard with a Taser while he was on the ground even though Miller claims Brosnan never completed the police department’s mandatory Taser certification course.
Miller claims her husband stood up while being threatened and gained control of Brosnan’s Taser and was then tasered by Rolfe.
The suit explains that Rayshard turned his back on the cops and started running away after being tased and that Rolfe chased him right before firing three bullets, striking Brooks twice.
Miller’s lawsuit claims the officers acted with deliberate indifference by not rendering medical aid after shooting him.
