'Georgia is no longer going to tolerate hate of any kind,' Karen Bennett, chair of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, said.
without hate crimes legislation. The new bill, if signed by the governor, would impose additional penalties for crimes motivated by a victim's race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender or disability.
Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, cheered the decision in a statement through the Georgia NAACP Tuesday. Arbery, 25, was shot three times on Feb. 23. Retired cop Gregory, 64, and his son Travis McMichael, 34, are accused of shooting and killing Arbery while he was jogging through Satilla Shores, a neighborhood two miles from his home in Brunswick. A third white man, William"Roddie" Bryan Jr., 50, captured the killing on video. The three men were arrested in May.
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