Neighboring agencies not responding.

https://decaturish.com/2020/06/atla...gainst-officer-who-shot-rayshard-brooks/

This story has been updated. 

Atlanta, GA —  The head of Atlanta’s police union confirmed Wednesday that officers from the Atlanta Police Department in Zones 3 and 6 walked off the job Wednesday afternoon.

Vince Champion, southeast regional director of the International Brotherhood of Police officers, said that police officers had stopped answering calls midshift, in response to charges against Officer Garrett Rolfe who is accused of murdering Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta.

“The union, we would never advocate this. We wouldn’t advocate a blue flu,” Champion said. “We don’t know the numbers. Apparently we’re learning that command staff are asking outlying counties for support and aren’t getting it.”

Decaturish has calls out to public affairs officers in Gwinnett, DeKalb and Cobb counties for confirmation. A message to the spokesperson for Atlanta Police was not immediately returned.

Zones 3 and 6 cover south Atlanta, where Rolfe killed Rayshard Brooks after a June 12DUI arrest turned into an altercation. Rolfe fired three bullets at Brooks as he fled with a taser in hand. Video of the shooting suggests Brooks pointed the taser at officers as he fled.

A protest the next day descended into vandalism and the arson of the Wendy’s restaurant where the shooting occurred. Police and state fire officials have offered $30,000 in reward money for tips leading to the arrest and prosecution of the arsonists.

Champion accused Paul Howard, Fulton county’s district attorney, of lying about what is happening in a press conference earlier today when Howard suggested that officer Devin Brosnan had turned state’s evidence and is testifying.

“The attorney for the officer said that’s not true two minutes later, and said he’s not pleading guilty and not offering state’s evidence,” Champion said.

This is a developing story and will be updated when more information is received.

 

Is Atlanta rejoicing in the peace?

Who'da thunk it?

I hope every city disrespecting cops burns down to ashes. I'll donate gasoline to the rioters.

I'm surprised the cops lasted this long. 2 of my brother's in law are highway patrol. 1 of them worked the riots in KC a few weeks ago. I don't know how they keep doing it in the big cities, with the way the administration craps on them every time they turn around

More power to them !! I would encourage every LEO to walk off the job and leave the communist Democrats to stew in their own juices.

Either the snowflake mayor/governor can deal with it or the citizens will deal with it themselves.

Molon Labe !

Cant blame the cops AT ALL. I would have said nope and went my butt home too. Let the mayor go and deal with it herself, she seems to have all the answers.

I hate to say it but when cops arent there to protect the citizens, the citizens will protect themselves and they wont use tasers or rubber bullets and will be very few if any warning shots.

Liars rule today just keep lying until the people buy into it and the MSM is right behind them.

Good for them. They should walk and let those crap holes burn. No respect No service!

I don't blame them at all. They are throwing the book at him. During the press conference one of the DA's said they waited over 2 minutes before starting medical care. I don't know if that is factual or not.

I would like to see police, who quit while they are getting no support from the cities they work for, get unemployment compensation. They were effectively fired by extremely hostile treatment by their employers.

Keith

Good for them. Wild wild west here we come.

I am all for it. I can't believe what some of them put up with. I've seen it first hand many times. Have nothing but respect for the LEOs I've worked around.

They should walk away and migrate to rural areas and save America the unpleasantness of the inevitable !

The police Union should be backing their members.

X1000

Agree plus I will also donate. I hope all good people leave these cities and then let them rot.

Mayor is freaking out. Pd is not answering calls, the Sheriff wont take the calls, State police is responding to crashes only. The mayor has correction officers answering dispatch and working the streets