The Atlanta police officer who fatally shot an unarmed Black man in 2020 was recently jailed on assault charges connected to a bar fight in Midtown Atlanta.
Garrett Rolfe was booked into a Fulton County Jail on July 30 on a simple assault charge after he allegedly fought a staff member at X Midtown on Piedmont Avenue last month.
According to WXIA, citing information from a warrant, the fight happened at 1:20 a.m. on June 29. Two Atlanta officers were called to the scene and were met outside by Rolfe, who had a bloody nose.
The 32-year-old, who was off duty, told police that he was at the bar with a friend when his friend took a picture of the bartender because he believed he was overcharged for his drink…