A judge on Friday granted a request from the district attorney in Atlanta to recuse her office from prosecuting the police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks and instructed the state attorney general to appoint another prosecutor. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who took office in January, had argued that actions by her predecessor, Paul Howard, made it inappropriate for her office to handle the prosecution of Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe.
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US politicians on Tuesday sent an anti-hate bill to President Joe Biden s desk that aims to prevent violence against Asian-Americans, following an alarming rise in attacks including murders during the coronavirus pandemic.
The House of Representatives passed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act with a strong bipartisan vote of 364 to 62, weeks after it cleared the Senate with nearly unanimous support.
Mr Biden backs the legislation, which will speed up reviews of COVID-related hate crimes against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, expand public awareness about the problem, and provide state and local governments with guidance on how to combat hate crimes.