Georgia lawmakers are calling for amendments to the state code to include hate crimes after the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed while jogging through a neighborhood
Georgia lawmakers are calling for changes to the state code to include hate crimes after the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, who was killed while jogging through a neighborhood.
Jasmine Arbery, Ahmaud's sister, told CNN she thought the shooting was a hate crime. Arbery was black and the men involved in the shooting incident are white.This isn't the first time members of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus have called for a hate crime bill. Back in November, a 16-year-old girl in Gainesville allegedly plotted to attack a historically black church faced a charge of criminal attempt to commit murder, but she didn't face any hate crime charges.
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