The DOJ is investigating Ahmaud Arbery's February shooting death in Georgia as a potential hate crime, his family's attorney told news outlets Monday.
The United States Department of Justice is officially investigating the February shooting death of Georgia man Ahmaud Arbery as a possible hate crime, his family's attorney confirmed to CBS News Monday.
Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, were not officially charged by Georgia prosecutors in the alleged murder of Arbery until nearly three months after his death. Cell phone video recorded by witness William"Roddie" Bryan sparked national outrage as it showed the McMichael father and son duo appearing to gun down the unarmed Arbery in the middle of the road.
After relaying that the federal investigators are looking into Arbery's death as a potential hate crime, the family attorney added,"this case makes it clear that blacks in South Georgia are not getting equal protection under the law." He accused Georgia law enforcement and local prosecutors who failed to file charges in the case for nearly three months as part of a"vast conspiracy.
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