Pres. Trump says he has watched the video of the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black man in Georgia, and called it 'very disturbing.' Cellphone video showing the moment Arbery was killed has prompted national outrage since surfacing online.
he had also seen a photo of Arbery wearing a tuxedo and that he"looks like a really good young guy."
Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was allegedly killed by a father and son while jogging on Feb. 23, 2020. The FBI and DOJ are investigating the case and a grand jury is expected to decide if charges should be filed."It's a very disturbing situation to me, and I just, you know, my heart goes out to the parents and the family and the friends," he said.
"They have a good governor in the state and he's going to -- very good governor, actually -- and he's going to be looking at it very strongly, and he's going to do what's right, but it's a heartbreaking thing. That was very rough. Rough stuff," Trump said. President Donald Trump speaks during an event to sign a proclamation in honor of World Nurses Day, in the Oval Office of the White House, May 6, 2020, in Washington."Justice getting done is the thing that solves that problem," Trump said, when asked about how to avoid a"racial situation."Trump said there could be something that happened nearby that couldn't be seen on the video, suggesting that law enforcement needed to fully examine what happened.
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