You're probably right, though the DA in Georgia is, from what I'm hearing implicated in covering for human trafficking and corruption with social services. So that dude isn't even thinking at all, my guess in his case its less for political clout caused by riots and more due to desperation. "please, reelect me..look I got this man on deathrow"
Rolfe being hit with a capital charge is blatantly absurd, especially given Georgia has had problems with cops using too little force to deal with druggies in the past. There's been a few incidents of cops trying to reason with people twice their size on PCP or meth and getting their heads broke and their weapons confiscated.
For which naturally every police precinct in the state has been excoriated over...rightly so mind ye. But still, its kinda fucked up to badger officers into a frenzy, call tasers a lethal weapon and then...try to kill a guy for doing what you told him to do and taking a taser as a serious threat when you..said they were.
The Georgia one is far more clear cut though.
Either way, its a grotesque abuse of power to charge them the way they are being charged.