Ahmaud Arbery was 25, unarmed, and jogging through a neighborhood near his home when he was pursued by two white men in a pickup truck. He was shot to death. Here's what we know about his killing
Photo: Handout from family In February, Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed, 25-year-old black man was shot to death while jogging in a neighborhood outside Brunswick, Georgia, after being pursued by two white men in a pickup truck. Neither of his pursuers, a father and son named Gregory and Travis McMichael, have been arrested or charged with a crime, even though Gregory admitted to police that Travis was responsible for the shooting.
Who was Ahmaud Arbery? Arbery was a 25-year-old from the Brunswick, Georgia, area, a former star high-school linebacker who liked to stay in shape and was an avid jogger, according to his family. His mother lives a few miles away from the Satilla Shores neighborhood, which is where he was running on the afternoon of Sunday, February 23, at around 1 p.m. He was wearing a white T-shirt, shorts, and running shoes.
Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper, told CBS that the footage “proves that my son was not committing a crime. He was out for his daily jog and he was hunted down like an animal and killed.” Benjamin Crump, who represents Arbery’s father, told the Associated Press, “The video is very clear that they were on the truck with guns hunting him down. I don’t know what more you need to make an arrest.”
Gregory McMichael told police he had rolled his body over “to see if the male had a weapon.” Arbery was unarmed. Before Barnhill recused himself, however, he wrote a letter outlining why he felt he did not have probable cause to pursue charges in the case. In the letter, he argued that the men who shot Arbery were compliant with Georgia’s open carry law, as well as laws regarding both citizen’s arrests and stand-your-ground.
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