Rayshard Brooks was killed by police on Friday June 12 in Atlanta. "At the time of his death, he did not pose an immediate threat" to law enforcement, the local county prosecutor said on Wednesday.

A former white police officer was charged with murder * five days after killing an African-American man, Rayshard Brooks, in Atlanta, said the prosecutor in charge of the file.

Arrest warrant

An arrest warrant has been issued against Garrett Rolfe, 27, as well as his former colleague Devin Brosnan, present at the time of the fatal arrest, who, for his part, is being prosecuted for assault. "We concluded that at the time of his death, Rayshard Brooks did not pose an immediate threat" to the police, said Fulton County attorney Paul Howard at a press conference.

* The term 'charged' no longer exists in French legal proceedings but is still used in the United States. Europe1.fr has chosen to keep the term used by local judicial authorities.