Cobb County District Attorney Joyette Holmes ( Cobb County Government ) ATLANTA - Georgia's attorney general has appointed a new special prosecutor in the case of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who authorities said died at the hands of two white men as he ran through a south Georgia neighborhood.
The new developments were announced Monday morning after one of the lawyers representing the Arbery family said on Twitter that the family had demanded that Tom Durden be replaced after he "sat on the case" until video of the shooting was leaked.
The attorney reported that Durden would be replaced by Cobb County District Attorney Joyette Holmes. Attorney Ben Crump released a statement on behalf of the Arbery family following the news Monday: “In