ATLANTA -- Three shots were fired in the confrontation that killed Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man who was chased by white men as he ran through their southeastern Georgia neighborhood. The authorities said Travis McMichael, who with his father and a neighbor pursued Arbery, pulled the trigger.Yet
ATLANTA — Three shots were fired in the confrontation that killed Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man who was chased by white men as he ran through their southeastern Georgia neighborhood. The authorities said Travis McMichael, who with his father and a neighbor pursued Arbery, pulled the trigger.Arbery’s death was captured on a graphic video and posted online more than two months after he was killed Feb. 23, provoking widespread outrage.
“Felony murder is a crime in Georgia where you’re committing a felony crime and that crime ends up in the death of another human being,” Vic Reynolds, the GBI director and a former district attorney, explained at a news conference Friday. Woods was put to death March 5 against the backdrop of considerable criticism, as his supporters argued that the handling of his case had been rife with flaws. The gunman remains on death row.Kevin Gough, Bryan’s lawyer, said his research had indicated that “there is no precedent” in Georgia law for the prosecution of Bryan.
According to the police report, the men grabbed a .357 Magnum handgun and a shotgun, got into a pickup truck and chased Arbery, trying unsuccessfully to cut him off. According to the police report and other documents, Bryan was also involved in the pursuit. The police report and other documents obtained by The New York Times do not indicate that Arbery was armed.Shortly after the shooting, the prosecutor for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, Jackie Johnson, recused herself because Gregory McMichael had worked in her office.
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