Atlanta police launch 911 calls revealing particulars of a Midtown nightclub battle involving off-duty officer Garrett Rolfe.
ATLANTA — Atlanta police have launched 911 calls that reveal extra particulars right into a battle between an off-duty officer and a employee at a Midtown nightclub.
The incident occurred on Sunday at X Midtown on Piedmont Avenue. Police stated the off-duty officer concerned is Garrett Rolfe, the identical officer charged within the 2020 taking pictures demise of Rayshard Brooks in a Wendy’s car parking zone. These fees have been later dropped, and Rolfe was reinstated by the Atlanta Police Division.
Within the 911 name, the employee instructed dispatchers that two males had been consuming and have been requested to go away the bar. He stated they refused, and one adopted him to the again of the constructing as he was taking out the trash.
“He retains following me… asking me every kind of questions,” the employee stated. “He is not in no uniform and he is consuming. Him and his buddy are consuming. They’re consuming and so they’re drunk.”
He additionally instructed the dispatcher the officer put him right into a maintain, describing it as one thing taught on the police academy.
“He ran up behind me and put me in some type of maintain… beneath my rib cage that was already broke,” he instructed the dispatcher.
In line with warrants, Rolfe stated he was attempting to go away when the employee grabbed him by the collar and choked him so onerous he couldn’t breathe. He claimed the employee additionally punched him, and that he solely fought again in self-defense.
Each males stated they have been defending themselves, however solely the employee was arrested. The worker was charged with easy battery and battery and was transported to the Fulton County Jail.
Rolfe was not charged and was allowed to go away the scene. APD stated Rolfe was positioned on paid administrative depart on Sunday, June 29, pending an investigation by the division’s Workplace of Skilled Requirements.
