WEBVTT NOTE duration:"00:02:25.9240000" NOTE language:en-us NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.264 Right now the murder case against an Atlanta NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:02.264 --> 00:00:04.038 police officer is without a prosecutor. NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:05.268 Fulton County's District Attorney NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:05.268 --> 00:00:07.404 asked to be removed from the case NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:07.404 --> 00:00:08.844 and the judge is allowing it. NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:08.850 --> 00:00:10.380 The officer Garrett Rolfe shot NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:10.380 --> 00:00:11.910 and killed Raychard Brooks while NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:11.965 --> 00:00:13.596 trying to arrest him in a Wendy's NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:13.596 --> 00:00:15.080 parking lot on University Ave. NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:15.080 --> 00:00:16.778 These latest developments in the case NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:16.778 --> 00:00:18.522 cannot move forward, at least not yet. NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:18.522 --> 00:00:20.641 The case is now in the hands of NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:20.641 --> 00:00:22.436 Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:23.910 He's been ordered to step in NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:23.910 --> 00:00:25.550 an appoint a new prosecutor, NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:25.550 --> 00:00:27.165 a prosecutor from somewhere outside NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:27.165 --> 00:00:29.108 of the Fulton County DA's office NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:29.108 --> 00:00:31.005 to take this murder case to trial. NOTE Confidence: 0.8393645 00:00:31.010 --> 00:00:33.047 Here's John Sherrick with what happens next. NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:00:33.990 --> 00:00:35.622 We've seen the images NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:00:35.622 --> 00:00:37.254 repeatedly now Miss Brooks. NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:00:37.260 --> 00:00:40.004 I am also Indiana Police Department doing NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:00:40.004 --> 00:00:42.089 Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:00:42.089 --> 00:00:44.615 introducing himself to Ray Sharde Brooks. NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:00:44.620 --> 00:00:46.670 It was June 12th, 2020. NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:00:46.670 --> 00:00:49.560 Brooks suspected of DUI Ralph NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:00:49.560 --> 00:00:51.872 about to handcuff Brooks. NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:53.790 Suddenly it all burst into NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:00:53.790 --> 00:00:54.936 another tragic confrontation NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:00:54.936 --> 00:00:56.758 between white officer and black. NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:00:56.760 --> 00:00:59.536 Suspect that in just a few seconds ended NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:00:59.536 --> 00:01:02.009 with Ralph shooting Brooks to death. NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:01:02.010 --> 00:01:05.376 Was it a case of murder or self defense? NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:01:05.380 --> 00:01:08.005 Nearly a year later, no trial yet. NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:01:08.010 --> 00:01:09.694 Instead, Fulton County Superior NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:01:09.694 --> 00:01:11.378 Court Chief Judge Christopher NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:01:11.378 --> 00:01:13.571 Brasher has granted the Diese wish NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:01:13.571 --> 00:01:15.509 to be disqualified from the case. NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:01:15.510 --> 00:01:18.150 The DA Fani Willis said her office cannot NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:01:18.150 --> 00:01:20.379 be involved because her predecessor, NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:01:20.380 --> 00:01:21.148 Paul Howard, NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:01:21.148 --> 00:01:23.068 first charge is felony murder. NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:01:23.070 --> 00:01:25.038 Botched the case initially last summer, NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:26.428 which Howard has denied, NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:01:26.428 --> 00:01:28.163 so Judge Brasher removed the NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:01:28.163 --> 00:01:30.191 Fulton County DA's office and now NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:01:30.191 --> 00:01:32.171 a new prosecutor from outside of NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:01:32.171 --> 00:01:33.676 Fulton County will be appointed NOTE Confidence: 0.7972528 00:01:33.676 --> 00:01:35.858 and will start on it from scratch. NOTE Confidence: 0.8611037 00:01:38.620 --> 00:01:40.486 Really bad the attorneys for Brooks NOTE Confidence: 0.8611037 00:01:40.486 --> 00:01:42.430 families say they hope the new NOTE Confidence: 0.8611037 00:01:42.430 --> 00:01:44.040 prosecutor will be appointed soon. NOTE Confidence: 0.8611037 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:46.119 The family of Rayshad Brooks has been NOTE Confidence: 0.8611037 00:01:46.119 --> 00:01:48.190 through so much during this process. NOTE Confidence: 0.8611037 00:01:48.190 --> 00:01:50.116 The numerous stops and starts have NOTE Confidence: 0.8611037 00:01:50.116 --> 00:01:52.107 been gut wrenching and have made NOTE Confidence: 0.8611037 00:01:52.107 --> 00:01:54.033 it even more difficult for this NOTE Confidence: 0.8611037 00:01:54.033 --> 00:01:55.529 grieving family to find peace. NOTE Confidence: 0.8611037 00:01:55.530 --> 00:01:58.250 The attorneys for Ralph say they're glad the NOTE Confidence: 0.8611037 00:01:58.250 --> 00:02:00.627 Fulton County DA's office is off the case. NOTE Confidence: 0.8611037 00:02:00.630 --> 00:02:01.926 We welcome this order. NOTE Confidence: 0.8611037 00:02:01.926 --> 00:02:03.546 We continue to maintain that NOTE Confidence: 0.8611037 00:02:03.546 --> 00:02:05.166 officer Ralph's use of deadly NOTE Confidence: 0.8611037 00:02:05.166 --> 00:02:06.706 force was legally justified and NOTE Confidence: 0.8611037 00:02:06.706 --> 00:02:08.668 we look forward to his complete. NOTE Confidence: 0.8611037 00:02:08.670 --> 00:02:09.670 Exoneration. NOTE Confidence: 0.8207263 00:02:10.710 --> 00:02:12.336 The state Attorney general is not NOTE Confidence: 0.8207263 00:02:12.336 --> 00:02:14.267 saying yet when he will appoint a NOTE Confidence: 0.8207263 00:02:14.267 --> 00:02:16.122 prosecutor to take her off to trial. NOTE Confidence: 0.8207263 00:02:16.130 --> 00:02:17.756 As for the other officer involved NOTE Confidence: 0.8207263 00:02:17.756 --> 00:02:19.090 in this case, Devin Brosnan. NOTE Confidence: 0.8207263 00:02:19.090 --> 00:02:20.650 He was not part of yesterday's NOTE Confidence: 0.8207263 00:02:20.650 --> 00:02:22.180 ruling and right now it appears NOTE Confidence: 0.8207263 00:02:22.180 --> 00:02:23.626 the Fulton County DA will still NOTE Confidence: 0.8207263 00:02:23.677 --> 00:02:25.069 prosecute browsing on charges, NOTE Confidence: 0.8207263 00:02:25.070 --> 00:02:25.922 including aggravated assault.