Defense lawyers who secured a $500,000 bond Tuesday for the fired Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks said the shooting was justified based on an earlier determination by District Attorney Paul Howard that a taser is a deadly weapon.

The defense also criticized Howard during Tuesday’s hearing for previously making two stunning allegations when announcing felony charges against officers Garrett Rolfe and Devin Bronson at June 17 news conference. Rolfe attorney Noah Pines said his client never kicked Brooks as he lay dying on the pavement and never uttered the phrase, “I got him,” after shooting Brooks twice in the back, as Howard claimed.

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