On the one year anniversary of his death, Ahmaud Arbery’s family has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the three men charged with his death, as well as several law enforcement members and prosecutors.
Georgia’s governor is backing a plan to overhaul the state’s citizen’s arrest law, taking aim at a statute scrutinized last year after white men fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man they claimed had committed a crime.
An attorney for one of the men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery again has asked for his client to be released from jail because of his “uncontrolled high blood pressure.”
Ahmaud’s family and the Geechee Kunda brag team held a community bike ride, “I’m with Maud.” The biked 2.23 miles and say they hope to continue to honor him for years to come.
A bill to let local voters decide whether to abolish the scandal-plagued Glynn County police department has gone to Gov. Brian Kemp for his approval or veto.
A day after a preliminary hearing for the three men charged with Ahmaud Arbery’s February 23 shooting death, demonstrators gathered outside the Glynn County Courthouse once again.
The Brunswick NAACP held a rally outside the historic courthouse on Thursday and another group protested outside the Glynn County Courthouse, both groups calling for justice for Ahmaud Arbery.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation director Vic Reynolds spoke alongside Cobb County D.A. Joyette Holmes, saying that "at this point we feel confident the individuals who needed to be charged have been charged."
