The Atlanta cop who fired 17 bullets into Hip-Hop artist B. Green, exterior a Buckhead bar whereas working off-duty safety, had a historical past of disciplinary violations that raised issues about his continued position in regulation enforcement.

The deadly capturing of B. Green, born Linton Blackwell, occurred on October 11 close to 5 Paces Inn in Atlanta’s upscale Buckhead neighborhood.

According to the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s report, each bullet struck Blackwell from behind, together with two within the higher again, one within the buttocks and 14 within the mid and decrease again. The dying was dominated a murder.

The cop behind the trigger, Gerald Walker,  joined the Atlanta Police Department in 2023 and was already beneath scrutiny earlier than the capturing.

Records obtained by Capital B Atlanta by an open information request present that seven inner complaints have been filed in opposition to him. Six had been substantiated.

The violations embrace points with physique digital camera protocols and arrest procedures. He is at present in what the division calls an “active reckoning period,” throughout which 4 of these complaints stay on his file.

“This [has] devastated our family,” mentioned Jimmy Hill, Blackwell’s cousin. “They never did say he pointed a weapon at that officer.”

Walker was working a personal safety element when he responded to a disturbance involving B. Green.

According to preliminary findings by the Atlanta Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Walker noticed B. Green go to his automobile, retrieve one thing and place it in his waistband.

William Stanley, a buddy who went to the bar with the rapper that night time, mentioned Walker had frisked each males earlier than they entered and appeared to acknowledge B. Green from a earlier encounter.

Stanley mentioned he ran across the constructing and located the Hip-Hop artist already being shot.

“When I bent the corner, I saw BG, like he was trying to head back into the establishment, but the dude was already shooting him. He had already shot him over five or six times at that point.”

Walker has been reassigned to the Force Usage Review Assignment whereas the Georgia Bureau of Investigation continues its probe. Officers in that position are barred from working off-duty jobs however retain their badge, ID and repair weapon.

B. Green’s music “You Aint Street” that includes Trouble and Bankroll Fresh, has racked up over 13 million views on YouTube. Unfortunately, each rapper on the music is useless.

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