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Atlanta, Jun 17 (EFE).- Georgia authorities on Wednesday filed murder charges against the police officer who shot 27-year-old African American Rayshard Brooks to death at a Wendy's restaurant last weekend, a case that has intensified the wave of outrage over police brutality and killings in the US.Garrett Rolfe, a white 27-year-old police officer, was charged with 11 counts in all - including felony murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon - and if found guilty he could face life in prison or the death penalty, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard announced at a press conference."We've concluded at the time that Mr. Brooks was shot that he did not pose an immediate threat of death" to the two officers, he said.(Camera: ERIK LESSER)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE PRESS CONFERENCE AT WHICH FULTON COUNTY ATTORNEY PAUL L. HOWARD JR. ANNOUNCED CHARGES AGAINST THE ATLANTA POLICE AND A PROTEST IN FAVOR OF RACIAL JUSTICE IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE COURT.
A Chicago police officer has been charged on Tuesday with the first-degree murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, in an on-duty incident in October 2014.
A prison convoy arrives at the Toulouse courthouse as a court examines a request for the release of Cedric Jubillar, who is suspected of having killed his wife Delphine and was imprisoned for five months. IMAGES
Matt Jukes, assistant commissioner for specialist operations at Britain's Metropolitan Police, announces that a 25-year-old man has been charged with murder, after MP David Amess was stabbed to death last week. SOUNDBITE
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