Attorneys issue joint statement about special prosecutors in two high-profile APD officer cases By FOX 5 Atlanta Digital Team Published article Officer Garrett Rolfe gives Rayshard Brooks a sobriety test moments before his deadly shooting in southwest Atlanta on June 12, 2020. (Atlanta Police Department) ATLANTA - Attorneys for the family of Rayshard Brooks and college students Taniyah Pilgrim and Messiah Young issued a joint statement on Thursday, the day after Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr’s office named special prosecutors in two high-profile criminal cases against Atlanta police officers. Willis, who took office in January, had argued that actions by her predecessor, Paul Howard, made it inappropriate for her office to handle the prosecutions. She had asked a judge to determine who should handle the case after Carr twice rejected her requests to recuse herself.