Virginia Senate Democrats are proposing the reduction of the charge of assault on a police officer from a felony to a simple misdemeanor offense.
The proposal, one of 28 championed by the Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus to reform the state&#8217;s law enforcement systems, would get rid of the current law that considers an assault of a police officer a Class 6 felony and imposes a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months.
The <a href="https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title18.2/chapter4/section18.2-57/">Virginia code</a> states:
<blockquote>If any person commits an assault or an assault and battery against another knowing or having reason to know that such other person is a judge, a magistrate, a law-enforcement officer … a correctional officer  … a volunteer firefighter or any emergency medical services personnel member who is employed by or is a volunteer of an emergency medical services agency or as a member of a bona fide volunteer fire department or volunteer emergency medical services agency … such person is guilty of a Class 6 felony, and, upon conviction, the sentence of such person shall include a mandatory minimum term of confinement of six months.</blockquote>
The Virginia Senate Democrats issued a statement reading, “The deaths of [George] Floyd, [Ahmaud] Arbery and [Breonna] Taylor have awoken Americans and Virginians to long-standing problems in policing in America. After people are arrested, additional damage is done by a criminal justice system that has been streamlined to produce convictions and punishment instead of rehabilitation and justice.”
As the <a href="https://forthuntherald.com/virginia-senate-democrats-consider-defelonizing-assault-against-law-enforcement-officers/?fbclid=IwAR31Gk5scNJWs55Z8zkvh9FjEVEuBNkJMbNwPz7Va_tiZsoKYuUsDpepjpk">Fort Hunt Herald</a> reported, “<a href="https://forthuntherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Virginia-Senate-Democratic-Caucus-VSDC-Memo-Criminal-Justice-Reform-Proposals.pdf">The Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus’ list of proposed reforms includes</a>:
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<li>Prohibit No Knock Warrants</li>
<li>Ban Sex With Individuals Arrested by Law Enforcement</li>
<li>Prohibit Hiring of Officers Fired or Resigned During Use of Force Investigations</li>
<li>Create a Decertification Procedure for Law Enforcement Officers*</li>
<li>Ban chokeholds and strangleholds</li>
<li>Require Attempts at De-escalation Prior to Use of Force</li>
<li>Require Warnings Before Shots Fired</li>
<li>Require Law Enforcement to Exhaust All Other Means Prior to Shooting</li>
<li>Create Duty to Intervene by Fellow Law Enforcement Officers</li>
<li>Prohibit Shooting at Moving Motor Vehicles</li>
<li>Require Departments to Create a Use of Force Continuum</li>
<li>Require Comprehensive Reporting by All Law Enforcement Agencies Including Use of Force Data</li>
<li>Defelonize Assault on Law Enforcement Officer (Return to Misdemeanor Offense)</li>
<li>Cancel HB599 Funding (Virginia supplemental funding for local police departments) After Local Police Have Disproportionate Use of Force Incidents in their Jurisdiction</li>
<li>Create Local Authority for a Marcus Alert System – System to Report Acute Mental Health Crises</li>
<li>Create Local Option for Citizen Review Board Empowered to Investigate, Fire and/or Discipline Officers</li>
<li>Confirm Prosecutors’ Authority to Drop Charges*</li>
<li>Enhance Courts’ Ability to Expunge Charges for Dismissed Charges, Substance Convictions and Pardoned Offenses*</li>
<li>Prohibit Searches of Person or Vehicle Based on Odor of Marijuana Without Probable Cause for Other Offenses*</li>
<li>Prohibit Stops for Equipment Violations Not Covered by State Vehicle Inspection</li>
<li>Secondary Offense For Dangling Objects, Extinguished Tag Light, Tinted Windows or Loud Exhaust</li>
<li>Jury Sentencing Only at Option of the Accused*</li>
<li>Eliminate Commonwealth’s Right to Demand Jury Trial When Jury Trials Suspended for State of Emergency*</li>
<li>Require Agencies to Determine Cost Savings for Introduced Criminal Justice Legislation</li>
<li>Allow Earned Sentence Credit for Good Behavior During Prison*</li>
<li>Create Discretion for Compassionate Release for Terminally Ill or Permanently Disabled Prisoners*</li>
<li>Virginia Rental Assistance Fund for Families Economically Impacted by COVID</li>
<li>Require and Reimburse Localities for Postage Prepaid Envelopes for Absentee Voting*</li>
</ul>
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A Glynn County grand jury has indicted three suspects in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African American man who was pursued through a Georgia neighborhood and fatally shot during an altercation with a father and son back in February.
Cobb County District Attorney Joyette Holmes revealed Wednesday afternoon that Gregory McMichael, 64, Travis McMichael, 34, and William &#8220;Roddie&#8221; Bryan, 50, were facing nine charges, including felony murder, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.
“This is another step forward in seeking justice for Ahmaud. Our team from the Cobb Judicial Circuit has been committed to effectively bringing forward the evidence in this case and today was no exception,” said Holmes, the fourth prosecutor to be assigned to the case since February.
“We will continue to be intentional in the pursuit of justice for this family and the community at large as the prosecution of this case continues,” she said.
Gregory McMichael, the father of Travis McMichael, told police at the time of the shooting that he and his son pursued a man he believed was a burglary suspect. The elder McMichael also told police that the two men followed Arbery after grabbing weapons, and that neighbor William Bryan joined in the pursuit at some later point.
Arbery was fatally shot after an encounter with the McMichaels. Bryan, who was in a car behind Arbery shortly before his death, was the person who captured his final moments on video. Wanda Jones, Arbery&#8217;s mother, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/father-and-son-charged-with-murder-for-death-of-ahmaud-arbery">believes</a> that he was on a jog at the time of his death.
After the indictment was released, S. Lee Merritt, an attorney for Arbery’s family, tweeted that his relatives were “determined to see these men prosecuted, convicted, [and] appropriately sentenced for their actions.”
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Today a Glynn County grand jury formally indicted Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael &amp; William Bryan for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. The family of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AhmaudArbery?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AhmaudArbery</a> is determined to see these men prosecuted, convicted &amp; appropriately sentenced for their actions. <a href="https://t.co/XkXLhvNaRb">pic.twitter.com/XkXLhvNaRb</a>
— S. Lee Merritt, Esq. (@MeritLaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeritLaw/status/1275894948748038144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
Kevin Gough, an attorney for Bryan, maintained during a press conference on Wednesday that his client is innocent, reports <a href="https://www.news4jax.com/news/georgia/2020/06/24/live-georgia-district-attorney-to-speak-on-ahmaud-arbery-case/">News4Jax</a>.
&#8220;Roddie did not act out of hate or prejudice that day, but rather he acted as would any patriotic American, whether white, Black or Martian,” said Gough.
Bob Rubin, an attorney for Travis McMichael, has argued that the grand jury process doesn&#8217;t require all sides of the case to be presented, and that there is still more evidence to be presented, reports the <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/cobb-holmes-speak-ahmaud-arbery-case-this-afternoon/bpZsA2wW9tegn20iFwg1AL/">Atlanta Journal Constitution</a>.
&#8220;In order to get an indictment, the district attorney only has to present their side of the case,” said Rubin. “It&#8217;s unfortunate the DA did not seek to present to the grand jury all the facts in the case or seek our input to what evidence we would ask them to consider. There&#8217;s more to this than has been revealed to the grand jury and we expect to plead not guilty to these charges and present the rest of the evidence in court.&#8221;
The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/15/attorneys-men-accused-killing-ahmaud-arbery-say-this-is-not-just-another-act-violent-racism/">reported</a> last month that Frank Hogue, an attorney for the elder McMichael, has maintained that the truth about the case will come out in the courtroom.
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After President Trump signed his executive order on police reform on Tuesday, Wanda Cooper-Jones, the mother of Ahmaud Arbery – an unarmed black young man who was killed in Georgia earlier this year – said that her meeting with the president went smoothly, describing him as &#8220;very compassionate.&#8221;
Speaking with Bret Baier of <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/ahmaud-arbery-mother-trump-very-compassionate-white-house-meeting">Fox News</a>, Cooper-Jones said Trump showed concern for all the families that were present for his conference on police brutality.
&#8220;I was very, very emotional throughout the whole conference,&#8221; she said. &#8220;[Trump] was very compassionate. He showed major concern for all families. Not just one family, but for all families.&#8221;
&#8220;I can say that President Trump was very receiving. He listened and he addressed each and every family accordingly,&#8221; she added.
In response to her comments on Fox News, President Trump hailed Cooper-Jones as a &#8220;great woman&#8221; on Twitter.
&#8220;A GREAT woman. Her son is looking down from heaven &amp; is very proud of his wonderful &amp; loving mom!!!&#8221; the president enthusiastically tweeted.
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A GREAT woman. Her son is looking down from heaven &amp; is very proud of his wonderful &amp; loving mom!!! <a href="https://t.co/ZzKUbjlOOT">https://t.co/ZzKUbjlOOT</a>
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1273080720794279937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Though she appreciated President Trump&#8217;s compassion during their meeting, Wanda Cooper-Jones did tell CNN that she felt the president&#8217;s executive order did not go far enough.
On February 23, Ahmaud Arbery was seen running through a neighborhood in Satilla Shores, Georgia, where residents reportedly saw him enter a house that was under construction. Released surveillance cam footage shows Arbery entering the house and observing the area for a few minutes before leaving with nothing in his possession. During this time, a 911 call was reportedly made alerting the police to Arbery’s presence.
According to Gregory McMichael, he spotted Arbery running down the street and thought he resembled a man believed to have committed a previous burglary. Suspecting that Arbery may be armed and dangerous, despite the lack of evidence, Gregory and his son Travis then grabbed their guns, hopped into a pickup truck, and formed a roadblock to enact a “citizens arrest” until the police arrived.
Citizens arrests in Georgia require arresting individuals to have directly witnessed a crime being committed or knowledge of a crime in progress.
In the video that shocked the world, Arbery is seen running up the road until he encounters Travis McMichael. Arbery was shot and killed, the McMichaels claims, while wrestling with Travis for his shotgun. Arbery’s family says he was out jogging and was unarmed.
The case took a dramatic turn earlier this month when William Bryan – the friend who shot the infamous video of Gregory and Travis McMichael chasing Ahmaud Arbery – told a Glynn County court this week that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ahmaud-arbery-shooting-friend-claims-mcmichael-used-n-word-after-killing">Travis McMichael said</a> “f***ing n****r” after the confrontation.
Attorneys for Gregory and Travis McMichael<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lawyers-for-gregory-mcmichael-public-narrative-for-arbery-case-based-on-incomplete-set-of-facts"> said that they have been</a> vilified by an “incomplete set of facts.” The Department of Justice has ordered an investigation to determine whether or not Ahmaud Arbery was the victim of a hate crime.
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On Friday, the NFL’s official Twitter account released a video from league Commissioner Roger Goodell in which he addresses the ongoing protests and apologizes for the NFL’s prior position.
“It has been a difficult time for our country, in particular black people in our country,” Goodell begins. “First, my condolences to the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and all the families who have endured police brutality.”
“We, the National Football League condemn racism and the systematic oppression of black people,” he continues. “We, the National Football League admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier, and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest. We, the National Football League believe black lives matter.”
“I personally protest with you, and want to be part of the much-needed change in this country,” Goodell states.
The commissioner then notes that “without black players, there would be no National Football League, and the protests around the country are emblematic of the centuries of silence, inequality, and oppression of black players, coaches, fans, and staff.”
Lastly, Goodell issues a promise to “improve.”
“We are listening. I am listening, and I will be reaching out to players who have raised their voices and others on how we can improve and go forward for a better and more united NFL family,” he concludes.
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We, the NFL, condemn racism and the systematic oppression of Black People. We, the NFL, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest. We, the NFL, believe Black Lives Matter. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/InspireChange?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#InspireChange</a> <a href="https://t.co/ENWQP8A0sv">pic.twitter.com/ENWQP8A0sv</a>
— NFL (@NFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1269034074552721408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
As of publication, the video has been viewed millions of times.
Some of the responses to the video have been less than positive, with numerous commenters calling on Goodell to apologize directly to former San Francisco 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick and “say his name.”
“Directly apologize to Colin Kaepernick and reinstate him,” <a href="https://twitter.com/ProfMattBeckman/status/1269083086802882560?s=20">wrote</a> @ProfMattBeckman.
@admiralmpj <a href="https://twitter.com/admiralmpj/status/1269042659173126144?s=20">tweeted</a>: “Glad you said this. It was well said, and well overdue. I&#8217;m still not coming back. I can&#8217;t. I&#8217;m sorry. Apology accepted, but trust has to be earned.  And it hasn&#8217;t been earned back yet.”
Comedian Gabe Gonzalez <a href="https://twitter.com/gaybonez/status/1269042062407729158?s=20">wrote</a>: “Look, sweetie – I only pay attention to your league once a year &amp; even I know you&#8217;ve got to do better here. 1) Apologize to the Black players you demonized for peacefully protesting. 2) DONATE to communities &amp; causes of THEIR choosing.”
In August of 2016, then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick <a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/colin-kaepernick-kneeling-protests-timeline/xktu6ka4diva1s5jxaylrcsse">sat down</a> during the playing of the national anthem prior to a preseason game.
Following the game, he told <a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/colin-kaepernick-kneeling-protests-timeline/xktu6ka4diva1s5jxaylrcsse">NFL Media</a>:
<blockquote>I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. &#8230; To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.</blockquote>
Kaepernick later spoke with reporters and offered <a href="https://youtu.be/ka0446tibig">multiple answers</a> regarding his reasoning for sitting during the national anthem, which later evolved into kneeling.
The NFL issued a <a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/colin-kaepernick-kneeling-protests-timeline/xktu6ka4diva1s5jxaylrcsse">statement</a>: “Players are encouraged but not required to stand during the playing of the national anthem.”
Over the course of the next approximately three and a half years, the drama regarding national anthem protests by athletes unfolded. Recently, the issue has come up again in light of the ongoing demonstrations and riots following the killing of 46-year-old African American man George Floyd after a Minneapolis police officer used his knee to pin Floyd’s neck to the ground.
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Music icon Kanye West has donated $2 million to the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd.
According to <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2020/06/04/kanye-west-2-million-donation-ahmaud-arbery-breonna-taylor-george-floyd-families/">TMZ</a>, West also set up a &#8220;529 college savings fund to fully cover tuition for Floyd&#8217;s 6-year-old daughter, Gianna.&#8221; He also donated to cover the legal costs for the Arbery and Taylor families. Beyond that, Kanye West will also be donating money to black-owned businesses crippled by the riots.
&#8220;Along with that, a rep confirms Kanye&#8217;s donating to several black-owned businesses in his hometown of Chicago and nationwide that have been in crisis and impacted by the unrest in the U.S,&#8221; reported the outlet.
Breonna Taylor, an emergency medical worker, died this past March when police busted into her Louisville, Kentucky, home on a &#8220;no-knock warrant,&#8221; breaking down her door with a battering ram with no warning that they were police. She died in an exchange of gunfire between her boyfriend and police. No drugs were found in the home.
Despite sitting out in 2016, Kanye West said he will be “definitely voting” come November 2020, and though he did not specifically say for whom, the rapper/entrepreneur hinted that he will pull the lever for President Trump.In an extensive <a href="https://www.gq.com/story/inside-kanye-west-vision-for-the-future-cover-may-2020">interview</a> with GQ, which was published in April, West reiterated his stance that he will not be told which white person to vote for based on the color of his skin.
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Later, West said that he will be “definitely voting” this time around, implying that we already know who he will vote for.
“I’m definitely voting this time. And we know who I’m voting on,” he said. “And I’m not going to be told by the people around me and the people that have their agenda that my career is going to be over. Because guess what: I’m still here! ‘Jesus Is King’ was No. 1! I was told my career would end if I wasn’t with her. What kind of campaign is that, anyway? That’s like if Obama’s campaign was ‘I’m with black.’ What’s the point of being a celebrity if you can’t have an opinion? Everybody make their own opinion! You know?”
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The shooting case of Ahmaud Arbery has taken a dramatic turn this week with allegations that the shooter used the N-word shortly after allegedly killing the unarmed black 25-year-old.
According to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/ahmaud-arbery-mcmichael-racial-expletives-court">Fox News</a>, William Bryan, the friend who shot the infamous video of Gregory and Travis McMichael chasing Ahmaud Arbery down before allegedly killing him, told a Glynn County court this week that Travis McMichael said &#8220;f***ing n****r&#8221; after the confrontation.
&#8220;William Bryan, the man who shot the infamous viral video of Arbery&#8217;s death, told investigators that ex-cop Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son, Travis McMichael, 34, chased Arbery with their truck and blocked his exit before opening fire and killing the young black man,&#8221; reported the outlet. &#8220;That admission, along with the use of racial expletives, will likely factor into the Department of Justice&#8217;s decision whether to pursue federal hate crime charges against Arbery’s accused killers.&#8221;
On February 23, Ahmaud Arbery was seen running through a neighborhood in Satilla Shores, Georgia, where residents reportedly saw him enter a house that was under construction. Released surveillance cam footage shows Arbery entering the house and observing the area for a few minutes before leaving with nothing in his possession. During this time, a 911 call was reportedly made alerting the police to Arbery’s presence.
According to Gregory McMichael, he spotted Arbery running down the street and thought he resembled a man believed to have committed a previous burglary. Suspecting that Arbery may be armed and dangerous, despite the lack of evidence, Gregory and his son Travis then grabbed their guns, hopped into a pickup truck, and formed a roadblock to enact a “citizens arrest” until the police arrived.
Citizens arrests in Georgia require arresting individuals to have directly witnessed a crime being committed or knowledge of a crime in progress.
In the video that shocked the world, Arbery is seen running up the road until he encounters Travis McMichael. Arbery was shot and killed, the McMichaels claims, while wrestling with Travis for his shotgun. Arbery’s family says he was out jogging and was unarmed.
Attorneys for Gregory and Travis McMichael<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lawyers-for-gregory-mcmichael-public-narrative-for-arbery-case-based-on-incomplete-set-of-facts"> said that they have been</a> vilified by an “incomplete set of facts.”
“So often the public accepts a narrative driven by an incomplete set of facts, one that vilifies a good person, based on a rush to judgement, which has happened in this case,” said Laura Hogue, an attorney for Gregory McMichael.
“While the death of Ahmaud Arbery is a tragedy, causing deep grief to his family ⁠— a tragedy that at first appears to many to fit into a terrible pattern in American life ⁠— this case does not fit that pattern,” said Frank Hogue, another attorney for Gregory McMichael.
The Department of Justice has ordered an investigation to determine whether or not Ahmaud Arbery was the victim of a hate crime.
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Law enforcement officers have arrested thousands since a wave of violent protests broke out in Minnesota last week and spread across the country.
Officers have arrested at least 4,400 people in connection with demonstrations over the deaths of several black people: Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, George Floyd in Minnesota, and Breonna Taylor in Kentucky. The arrests have been for offenses such as breaking curfew, blocking highways, destroying property, stealing, and assaulting police officers, according to The <a href="https://apnews.com/a2797b342b4fc509e43f404817a56aa9">Associated Press</a>.
Violent demonstrations have rocked the United States from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., hundreds of businesses have been looted or burned by mobs of rioters barely controlled by local and federal law enforcement officials. Riots in Washington, D.C, on Sunday night and early Monday morning resulted in a number of fires set near the White House.
Violent protests broke out in Minneapolis on Thursday over the death of Floyd. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was one of four officers that arrested Floyd after responding to a call about a man allegedly trying to use a counterfeit bill. During the arrest, Chauvin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/floyd-had-officers-knee-on-his-neck-for-nine-minutes-was-non-responsive-for-almost-three-says-criminal-complaint">pinned</a> Floyd to the ground with his knee on the African-American man’s neck for roughly nine minutes, according to a criminal complaint against Chauvin.
Videos show Floyd begging for relief saying he can’t breathe. He was unresponsive for about three minutes before an ambulance arrived and took him to the nearest hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to the complaint. Four officers, including Chauvin, have been fired in connection with the incident. Chauvin was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-ex-minneapolis-police-officer-arrested-in-connection-with-george-floyds-death">arrested</a> on Friday and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s preliminary findings into Floyd’s death indicate that Floyd likely died from a combination of being restrained, underlying health conditions, and potential intoxicants in his body. The medical examiner has found no evidence that Floyd died from strangulation or asphyxiation.
Police officers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breonna-taylors-mother-calls-for-peace-after-7-shot-keep-saying-her-name-but-do-it-the-right-way">killed</a> Taylor in March after breaking down her door while conducting a search for narcotics. No drugs were found. Taylor’s boyfriend, who was in Taylor’s house, fired and wounded one officer. The officers fired back hitting Taylor eight times.
Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, said he fired at the officers not knowing that they were the police. He said that the officers did not announce themselves before breaking down the door to Taylor’s home. The officers dispute Walker’s claim and say they did announce themselves before forcing their way inside.
Walker was charged with attacking a police officer, but the charges were later dropped. Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad has announced his intent to retire at the end of June, and three officers have been placed on administrative reassignment. The FBI is investigating the incident.
Arbery was killed in February by a father and son – Gregory and Travis McMichael – while jogging in a suburban neighborhood near Brunswick, Ga. The McMichaels were arrested and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/father-and-son-charged-with-murder-for-death-of-ahmaud-arbery">charged</a> with murder several months later in May.
The father and son team allegedly believed that Arbery was the suspect in a string of recent robberies in the neighborhood and set up a roadblock to confront him. In a video of the incident, Arbery is shot after struggling to disarm Travis.
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Report: Thousands Arrested During Wave Of Riots Across U.S.

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Law enforcement officers have arrested thousands since a wave of violent protests broke out in Minnesota last week and spread across the country. Officers

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Boosting former NFL quarterback-turned-racial activist Colin Kaepernick&#8217;s infamous national anthem protest, NBA star LeBron James posted a meme Tuesday showing side-by-side images of a cop involved in the George Floyd arrest and Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem of an NFL game.
“Do you understand NOW!!??!!??&#8221; James captioned the post. &#8220;Or is it still blurred to you?? #StayWoke.”
Floyd, who is black, died after an officer knelt on his neck during his arrest, as shown in a video clip that has since gone viral.
“An eight-minute clip filmed by a person on the street shows Floyd telling police he can’t breathe and begging the cop on top of him to stop before he falls unconscious,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-riot-police-in-minneapolis-fire-rubber-bullets-tear-gas-at-protesters-demanding-charges-against-cops-involved-in-death-of-black-man">The Daily Wire</a> reported Tuesday. “Officer Derek Chauvin was identified as the officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck outside Cup Foods on Chicago Avenue and East 38th Street.”
“He’s not even resisting arrest right now, bro,” one bystander is heard telling the officers, according to the video. “You’re f***ing stopping his breathing right now, you think that’s cool?”
Since the arrest, all four officers involved have been fired, and the FBI and state law enforcement officials are actively investigating the 46-year-old’s death.
Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Laker stoked racial tensions, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lebron-james-black-people-literally-hunted-everyday-everytime-we-step-foot-outside">claiming</a> to his massive Twitter following that black people are &#8220;literally hunted&#8221; every time they &#8220;step foot outside&#8221; their homes, in reaction to the death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery.
“We’re literally hunted EVERYDAY/EVERYTIME we step foot outside the comfort of our homes!” James tweeted at the time.
“Can’t even go for a damn jog man!” the NBA star continued. “Like [what the f***] man are you kidding me?!?!?!?!?!? No man fr ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!! I’m sorry Ahmaud (Rest In Paradise) and my prayers and blessings sent to the […] heavens above to your family!!”
James added the hashtags “#StayWoke” and “#ProfiledCauseWeAreSimplyBlack”
The shooting of Arbery occurred in late-February and drew significant attention after graphic footage of the incident circulated online, as noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/graphic-footage-emerges-of-georgia-man-killed-on-daily-jog-as-case-heads-to-grand-jury">The Daily Wire</a>.
On Wednesday, the death of Floyd triggered rioting, looting, and arson in Minneapolis; dozens of looters <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-protesters-break-into-target-loot-store-in-response-to-death-of-george-floyd-its-chaos-out-here">destroyed</a> a Target store on Wednesday, grabbing TVs and other goods, filling up carts, and jetting out of the store without paying. By nightfall, AutoZone, Target, and other businesses were set ablaze by rioters and at least one man was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disturbing-video-one-killed-in-violent-protests-over-death-of-george-floyd-police-investigating-reports-victim-was-looter-shop-owner-shot-him">shot dead</a> outside of a pawn shop.
Protests, at times violent, have also erupted in Los Angeles and New York City.
On Thursday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kaepernick-posts-message-cheering-violent-rioting-denouncing-civility-in-response-to-george-floyd-death">Kaepernick</a> posted a message online discouraging civility. “When civility leads to death, revolting is the only logical reaction,” he said via Twitter. “The cries for peace will rain down, and when they do, they will land on deaf ears, because your violence has brought this resistance. We have the right to fight back!”
“Rest in Power George Floyd,&#8221; added the former QB.
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‘Stay Woke’: LeBron James Shares Meme Of Kaepernick And Cop Involved In George Floyd Death

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Boosting former NFL quarterback-turned-racial activist Colin Kaepernick&#039;s infamous national anthem protest, NBA star LeBron James posted a meme Tuesday

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The Georgia Bureau of Investigations arrested William “Roddie” Bryan, the man who allegedly filmed the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, on Thursday in connection with the incident, which occurred in late-February.
Bryan, 50, has been charged with felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment, said the bureau in a statement Thursday afternoon. Bryan has been booked at the Glynn County jail, but no other details have been released.
Bryan told <a href="https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/glynn-county/exclusive-man-who-recorded-shooting-ahmaud-arbery-speaks-out/IQZB4BBAKFDT5NSIR3JXY76OHY/">Action News Jax</a> earlier this month that he’s been in “complete shock,” was told he was a witness to the situation, and wants his life back to normal.
“I had nothing to do with it. I’m trying to get my life back to normal, and it’s been smeared for the last week,” said Bryan. “I was told I was a witness and I’m not sure what I am, other than receiving a bunch of threats.”
Kevin Gough, an attorney for Bryan, previously told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-who-captured-fatal-shooting-of-ahmaud-arbery-on-video-i-had-nothing-to-do-with-it">The New York Times</a> that his client never tried to hide the footage, and “if anybody wanted a copy of the video, he would give it to them.”
Lee Merritt, an attorney for the Arbery family, tweeted earlier this week that he had been asked about Bryan receiving threats in a press conference. In the same tweet, Merritt posted a video of himself responding to a purported question about Bryan, and called the man&#8217;s stance an “attempt to reverse roles and make himself a victim.”
“Ahmaud Arbery’s mother called me [enraged] about his comments – because of his actions – not because of how she feels about him. She didn’t pre-judge him because of his race. She looked at what he did to her child,” said Merritt.
The exact wording of the question is not clear from the video, but Merritt summarized the question as follows: “Roddy Bryan says you are casting a threat to HIS life! He’s in hiding because he’s afraid he might be killed.”
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Question: Roddy Bryan says you are causing a threat to HIS life! He’s in hiding because he’s afraid he might be killed.
Response: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AhmaudArbery?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AhmaudArbery</a> is actually dead in large part because of his actions. <a href="https://t.co/sBCcYBj0Uq">pic.twitter.com/sBCcYBj0Uq</a>
— S. Lee Merritt, Esq. (@MeritLaw) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeritLaw/status/1263190752261259264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2020</a></blockquote>
While Bryan may have filmed the events leading up to and including the fatal shooting, he was not the one who publicly released it. As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stunning-twist-man-charged-for-ahmaud-arbery-shooting-leaked-the-viral-video-wanted-the-public-to-know-the-truth">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported, Alan Tucker, a local attorney, says he released the video in an unofficial capacity on behalf of Gregory McMichael, one of the three men who has been charged in the shooting.
“[Greg] wanted the public to know the truth,” said Tucker, as reported by <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspect-shooting-death-ahmaud-arbery-helped-release-video-incident-attorney-n1208746">NBC News</a> Saturday. “That he and his son were not white supremacists driving in a pick-up truck with a confederate flag in the back who shot a black man in the back because he was jogging in a white neighborhood.”
Travis McMichael, 34, the elder McMichael’s son, was charged in the shooting earlier this month. Gregory McMichael told <a href="https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/6915-arbery-shooting/b52fa09cdc974b970b79/optimized/full.pdf#page=1">police</a> at the time of the incident that he and his son were pursuing a burglary suspect, and at one point, a man named “Roddie” tried to intercept the person they were chasing.
In the previous interview with Action News Jax, Gough declined to allow Bryan to answer questions about his role in the situation.
“My client was responding to what he saw, which was someone in the community he didn’t know being followed by a vehicle he recognized,” said Gough. “Without going into details about the level of crime in this community in this subdivision, I think most people in this subdivision were aware that there were issues.”
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Man Who Captured Footage Of Ahmaud Arbery’s Death Arrested

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The Georgia Bureau of Investigations arrested William “Roddie” Bryan, the man who allegedly filmed the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, on Thursday in

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Gregory McMichael, the retired investigator who has been charged along with his son in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, reportedly asked a local attorney to leak the video that sparked public outrage and revived the case, ultimately leading to the arrest of McMichael and his son.
&#8220;In a stunning twist to a story that drew worldwide attention, Channel 2 Action News has confirmed that the man who leaked the viral video of the shooting of an unarmed black jogger in south Georgia is one of the murder suspects,&#8221; Atlanta&#8217;s <a href="https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/exclusive-man-charged-ahmaud-arbery-murder-leaked-original-video-shooting/KCWVSD4IP5FPRO24I47ZBMPPNE/">WSB-TV</a> reported Friday.
&#8220;Channel 2 investigative reporter Mark Winne has confirmed that Greg McMichael leaked the video to a radio station, starting the avalanche of attention that landed him in jail on murder charges with his son,&#8221; the outlet reported. &#8220;Brunswick attorney Alan Tucker says Greg McMichael wanted to clear up some rumors circulating in the community and he had no idea the video would spark global outrage.&#8221;
According to Tucker, McMichael brought the video – filmed from another vehicle behind the McMichaels&#8217; – as well as other videos to his office in Brunswick and asked as a friend, not as a client, for help downloading the video so it could be delivered to a Brunswick radio station talk show host.
&#8220;[Greg] wanted the public to know the truth,&#8221; said Tucker, as reported by <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspect-shooting-death-ahmaud-arbery-helped-release-video-incident-attorney-n1208746">NBC News</a> Saturday. &#8220;That he and his son were not white supremacists driving in a pick-up truck with a confederate flag in the back who shot a black man in the back because he was jogging in a white neighborhood. He hoped the public would see them trying to make a citizen’s arrest on a young man that was running from a home under construction – that he had been seen in at night on several occasions while he plundered around on the owner’s security camera.&#8221;
Tucker agreed to release the video, saying he likewise hoped it would prevent racial tensions in the community from escalating. &#8220;I didn’t want the neighborhood to become a Ferguson,&#8221; Tucker said, referencing the massive social unrest that followed the officer-involved shooting of African American Michael Brown.
As <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/05/15/gregory-mcmichael-leaked-the-ahmaud-arbery-video-report/">The New York Post</a> puts it, &#8220;the ease-tensions strategy backfired monumentally.&#8221; The video quickly went viral and sparked outrage – not just in the community but nationally.
Ultimately, McMichael, 64, and his son Travis, 34, were arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault in the shooting of Ahmaud, 25. They are both currently in jail with plans to request release on bond.
One of Greg McMichael&#8217;s attorneys, Frank Hogue, publicly addressed the case in a press conference at the end of the week. &#8220;The truth will reveal that this is not just another act of violent racism,&#8221; said Hogue. &#8220;Greg McMichael did not commit murder.&#8221;
Meanwhile, an attorney for Larry English, the owner of the construction site where surveillance footage shows Arbery moments before the shooting, has presented a text message to English from a Glynn County police officer in December 2019 in which the officer directs English to call Greg McMichael &#8220;day or night&#8221; if he sees anyone trespassing on his surveillance cameras.
“Your neighbor at [redacted address] is Greg McMichael,&#8221; the text reads. &#8220;Greg is retired Law Enforcement and also a Retired Investigator from the DA’s office. He said please call him day or night when you get action on your camera. His number is [redacted number].”
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The sister of Travis McMichael, the Georgia man alleged to have murdered Ahmaud Arbery alongside his father, has admitted to posting to Snapchat an unedited photograph of the young man&#8217;s dead body shortly after the tragic incident unfolded.
Speaking to <a href="https://www.the-sun.com/news/837071/sister-ahmaud-arbery-killer-picture-dead-body-snapchat/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Sun</a>, 30-year-old Lindsay McMichael said that she only posted the grisly photo as &#8220;a true-crime fan&#8221; and had no nefarious or malicious intent.
“I had no nefarious or malicious intent when I posted that picture,” she told the outlet. “The thing is I’m a huge fan of true crime — I listen to four or five podcasts a week — I’m constantly watching that sort of thing. It was more of a, ‘Holy s–t, I can’t believe this has happened.&#8217; It was absolutely poor judgment.”
Attorney Lee Merritt, a lawyer for Ahmaud Arbery&#8217;s family, denounced the photo as &#8220;disturbing&#8221; while saying it fits in with a &#8220;pattern&#8221; of the McMichael family&#8217;s behavior.
&#8220;The picture Lindsay McMichael posted was very disturbing and very disturbing to the family,&#8221; said Merritt. &#8220;It also highlights that there are probably more video and more images of before, during and after Ahmaud&#8217;s murder &#8211; these images aren&#8217;t meant for public consumption in this way.&#8221;
&#8220;It actually fits in with the pattern of the McMichael family engaging in a weird, violent form of voyeurism,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;First you have [Gregory] McMichael sharing with a news station a video of the murder then you have his daughter sharing an image of Ahmaud&#8217;s bullet-ridden body on Snapchat. It&#8217;s deeply disturbing behavior.&#8221;
The report about Lindsay McMichael&#8217;s photo comes after it was <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/05/15/gregory-mcmichael-leaked-the-ahmaud-arbery-video-report/">revealed</a> that Gregory McMichael himself released the original video of the killing believing it would exonerate him.
As to the charges of racism, Lindsay said that her brother &#8220;loved&#8221; her non-white boyfriends and that he did not act with malicious intent.
“I’ve seen my brother in his happiest moments — I was there when his child was born and I’ve seen him in distress and I know that look,” she said. “It wasn’t like some glory thing, like, ‘I stalked and then got the kill that I was hoping for.&#8217;”
Lindsay claims that she has since been inundated with rape and death threats over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
“We’re not the ones on trial here — my dad and my brother are and yes, I don’t think that they were beating the hood of the truck and saying, ‘Let’s go get this person,&#8217;” she said. “I think that things just really escalated. I just want people to realize we’re not monsters.&#8221;
Regarding Ahmaud Arbery and his family, Lindsay said that she feels deeply for &#8220;his poor mama&#8221; who she &#8220;thinks about every day.&#8221;
&#8220;His poor mama, I’m not a mother but I couldn’t imagine losing my child. I think about her every day and the grief and despair she must be feeling,&#8221; she said. &#8220;The words that I would love to say to his family would not even touch the amount of sorrow that I feel. I can’t say I’m sorry enough.&#8221;
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Newly revealed text messages show that approximately two months prior to the tragic killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a local cop appears to have encouraged a neighbor of retired detective Gregory McMichael to reach out to McMichael if he caught someone on the surveillance camera at his house construction site.
“According to text messages between an officer of the Glynn County Police Department and Larry English, the owner of the home under construction where Ahmaud&#8217;s alleged killers claim he was trespassing, police told English to call Greg instead of cops whenever Larry needed assistance,&#8221; TMZ <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2020/05/15/ahmaud-arbery-killing-cops-enlisted-suspects-help-months-before-shooting/">reported</a> on Friday. “Larry&#8217;s attorney, Elizabeth Graddy, confirmed the text exchange is real &#8230; and says she received it a couple days ago in a batch of emails.”
In the alleged text dated <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/16/us/ahmaud-arbery-text-message/index.html">December 20</a>, the officer informed Larry English that McMichael was his neighbor and that he could call him if ever his surveillance camera captured someone at the site where his home was being constructed.
&#8220;Greg is retired Law Enforcement and also a Retired Investigator from the DA&#8217;s office. He said please call him day or night when you get action on your camera,&#8221; the text message reportedly said.
On February 23, Ahmaud Arbery was seen running through a neighborhood in Satilla Shores, Georgia, where residents reportedly saw him enter a house that was currently under construction. Recently released surveillance cam footage shows Arbery entering the house and observing the area for a few minutes before leaving with nothing in his possession. During this time, a 911 call was reportedly made alerting the police to Arbery’s presence.
According to Gregory McMichael, he spotted Arbery running down the street and thought he resembled a man believed to have committed a previous burglary. Suspecting that Arbery may be armed and dangerous, Gregory and his son Travis then grabbed their guns, hopped into a pickup truck, and formed a roadblock to enact a “citizens arrest” until the police arrived.
Citizens arrests in Georgia require arresting individuals to have directly witnessed a crime being committed.
In a recently released video that has since gone viral, Arbery is seen running up the road, where he encounters Travis McMichael. Arbery was shot and killed, McMichael claims, while wrestling with Travis for his shotgun. Arbery’s family says he was out jogging and was unarmed.
On Friday, attorneys for Gregory and Travis McMichael<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lawyers-for-gregory-mcmichael-public-narrative-for-arbery-case-based-on-incomplete-set-of-facts"> said that they have been</a> vilified by an &#8220;incomplete set of facts.&#8221;
“So often the public accepts a narrative driven by an incomplete set of facts, one that vilifies a good person, based on a rush to judgement, which has happened in this case,” said Laura Hogue, an attorney for Gregory McMichael.
“While the death of Ahmaud Arbery is a tragedy, causing deep grief to his family ⁠— a tragedy that at first appears to many to fit into a terrible pattern in American life ⁠— this case does not fit that pattern,” said Frank Hogue, another attorney for Gregory McMichael.
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When Jesus of Nazareth appears before Pilate in Jerusalem, Jesus tells Pilate that &#8220;Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.&#8221; (John 18:37) Pilate responds with one of the most famous questions in history, &#8220;What is truth?&#8221;
In postmodern America, where people now talk about your truth and their truth instead of the truth, it is a question that needs some real attention. The conservative movement needs to do a better job of focusing on the question. Too many hucksters are twisting the truth to keep people riled up and enraged instead of providing answers.
In Georgia, Ahmaud Arbery is dead. Two men, Gregory McMichael and his son Travis McMichael, attempted to stop Arbery for supposedly breaking into a home. The men pulled guns, a struggle ensued, and Travis McMichael shot Arbery, who died at the scene.
Sadly, the event happened in February, and it took months before a video of the shooting surfaced online and media-generated outrage provoked action at the state level. The local district attorney had a business relationship with the elder McMichael, and some local politicians claim the police were instructed not to arrest the McMichaels. The state of Georgia is now launching an investigation not just into the killing but also into the local officials who tried to stop arrests.
As the outrage gained national traction that transcended races, ideologies and parties, some started to suggest there was more there. Video surfaced of Arbery visiting a construction site. People suggested that was proof he had been a burglar, as the McMichaels claimed. The owner of the construction site said nothing had been taken and it was not unusual for people to show up to look at the work. Another video surfaced purporting to show Arbery scoping out a house repeatedly, as if planning to burglarize it. But multiple people subsequently stepped forward to say that was not him in the second video.
Why would any of that matter, anyway? Some people are more interested in proving Arbery was no saint than they are in acknowledging that his lack of sainthood did not give two men authority to kill him in the street. Some people are more interested in finding excuses for the McMichaels than in acknowledging the truth. Ahmaud Arbery died because two men thought they could attempt, at gunpoint, to detain him without law enforcement for crimes they presumed but did not witness.
Disturbingly, many of the people seeking now to cast aspersions on Arbery are the same people who have spent months lying about COVID-19. Some of them claimed the virus originated in the United States. Others claimed the virus was nothing more than a flu. Still others claimed the science was all wrong or Bill Gates is engaged in a global conspiracy or a number of other absurd theories.
The malignant obfuscation to undermine health care experts and public policy in the United States for grift, attention or internet celebrity has been revolting. While it is perfectly reasonable to question the need for policies like sheltering in place or the accuracy of models, the willful distortion of truth has picked up a dangerous amount of steam. The idea that this virus — which has killed over 80,000 Americans in 10 weeks while Americans are sheltering in place — is just a bad flu is an obscene statement.
Unfortunately, too many of the same people seeking to pervert the truth of the Arbery situation and the virus situation are voices who pretend to be Republicans. They have no real ideological ties to conservatism. They are just seeking to build audiences or revenue from conservative skepticism of government. They have been nursing grievances for their own gain. They have turned their back on truth, like Pilate.
Conservatism has long had a healthy foundation in truth and the nature of man. Conservatives have never hoped to build a heaven on earth like progressives because we know we are all sinners and should want as few other sinners in charge of us as possible. But conservatives must want and seek truth to have trust in the public square. We have an obligation to it.
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Two lawyers for Gregory McMichael, 64, the older man charged in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, believe the public has accepted a narrative of the shooting that has been created from an “incomplete set of facts.”
&#8220;So often the public accepts a narrative driven by an incomplete set of facts, one that vilifies a good person, based on a rush to judgement, which has happened in this case,&#8221; said Laura Hogue, an attorney for Gregory McMichael, according to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/14/us/ahmaud-arbery-shooting/index.html">CNN.</a>
&#8220;While the death of Ahmaud Arbery is a tragedy, causing deep grief to his family ⁠— a tragedy that at first appears to many to fit into a terrible pattern in American life ⁠— this case does not fit that pattern,&#8221; said Frank Hogue, another attorney for Gregory McMichael.
Attorneys for Travis McMichael, 34, the son of the elder McMichael, made similar remarks during a press conference on Thursday, according to <a href="https://www.news4jax.com/news/georgia/2020/05/14/glynn-county-men-accused-in-killing-of-ahmaud-arbery-hire-attorneys/">News4Jax</a>.
“What we’re asking and we’re imploring everybody for the sake of our communities is to just take a breath, let the facts develop, let the case play out where it should play out, which I think we can all agree, is in court,” said attorney Bob Rubin.
“We know that there are strong opinions. We know that there is anger. We know that there is outrage. We are open to those opinions. We will listen to that outrage. We promise not to inject more volatility into this process as best we can control,&#8221; said Jason Sheffield, another attorney for the younger McMichael. “Our commitment is to the truth, and we will seek it.&#8221;
Both Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael were charged with felony murder and aggravated assault last week, about 36 hours after the case was handed over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations.
The shooting, which occurred on February 23, attracted widespread national attention after video surfaced of the moments leading up to and including the fatal gunshots. Gregory McMichael told police after the incident that he was pursuing a burglary suspect. The family of Ahmaud Arbery believes he was on a jog at the time he was killed.
In the time since Arbery’s death, the case has been passed to the desk of four prosecutors, the first two of whom recused themselves for actual or perceived conflicts of interest. The third prosecutor, who took over the case in mid-April, stepped down from the case after recommending the Georgia Bureau of Investigations look into the matter, and asking a grand jury to review the evidence.
According to NPR, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr asked the Department of Justice on Tuesday to investigate “possible prosecutorial misconduct” on the part of the first two district attorneys who reviewed the case between late February and early April.
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On Tuesday, apparently in response to the case of Ahmaud Arbery, the young black man who was reportedly jogging when he was shot by a white man in Georgia, The New York Times ran an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/opinion/running-jogging-race-ahmaud-arbery.html?smid=tw-nytopinion&amp;smtyp=cur">opinion piece</a> titled, “Jogging Has Always Excluded Black People.”
The author, historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, began her polemic by suggesting that the idea promulgated in the late 1960’s that jogging was accessible to everyone has been proven false by history, and the “sport of running has maintained this fiction.” Petrzela posited that black runners reacted to the video of Arbery’s death by asserting that they routinely steered “clear of certain neighborhoods,” ran “only in daylight,” wore an “Ivy League sweatshirt to broadcast respectability.” She continued, “Many white runners, by contrast, were aghast that the sense of peace they feel when hitting the open road reflected their racial privilege.”
Petrzela pontificated:
<blockquote>This disparity should come as no surprise: Running has been a pastime marketed primarily to white people ever since “the jogging craze” was born in the lily-white Oregon track and field world of the late 1960s. Black people have not only been excluded from the sport — one survey by Running USA found under 10 percent of frequent runners identify as African-American — they’ve also been relentlessly depicted as a threat to legitimate, white joggers.</blockquote>
The author notes that the “jogging capital of the United States” was “99 percent white Eugene, Ore.” She cites marketing and media, claiming, “The joggers were almost uniformly depicted as white.”
The author admits that “Black track athletes, by contrast, were familiar and even celebrated in the United States. But to some white Americans, cheering on an Olympic athlete on television was entirely different from embracing black participation in an activity that took place on the streets of their neighborhood.”
The author cites the African-American periodical “The Crisis” from 1985: “The homeless and downtrodden are most times a ‘disgusting’ irritation to the jogging, orange-juice drinking yuppie who must step over or past them on his or her way to the office.” She mentions the case of the “Central Park jogger,” remarking, “when five men of color were wrongfully convicted of raping and attempting to murder a white runner.”
Another citation: The Michigan Chronicle in 1997: “If you’re driving, walking, or — God forbid — running (jogging), and you simply look like an African-American, you are subject to a stop-and-search.”
She concludes, “Mr. Arbery’s death and the ensuing outcry is in some ways the latest data point in the sick mash-up of structural racism, gun violence and vigilantism that’s become a hallmark of American life. But it’s also an example of the glaring whiteness of recreational running — a hobby that 47 million Americans embrace in part because of its enticing illusion of universalism, but that has never been, and still is far from, an equal-opportunity endeavor.”
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In response to a request by Georgia&#8217;s attorney general, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday that they are participating in the state investigation into the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American man fatally shot after a confrontation with a white father and son, who said they believed Arbery was a robbery suspect, while Arbery&#8217;s family says he was unarmed and out jogging.
On Sunday, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr asked the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, Bobby Christine, to head up a &#8220;complete and transparent review of how the Ahmaud Arbery case was handled from the outset.&#8221;
In a statement Monday, the Justice Department confirmed that they are participating in the case and, specifically, &#8220;assessing all of the evidence to determine whether federal hate crimes charges are appropriate.&#8221;
&#8220;The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia have been supporting and will continue fully to support and participate in the state investigation,&#8221; Justice Department spokesperson Kerri Kupec said in the <a href="https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/1259876285528113159">statement</a>. &#8220;We are assessing all of the evidence to determine whether federal hate crimes charges are appropriate. In addition, we are considering the request of Attorney General of Georgia and have asked that he forward to federal authorities any information that he has about the handling of the investigation. We will continue to assess all information, and we will take any appropriate action that is warranted by the facts and the law.&#8221;
Carr&#8217;s request and the Justice Department&#8217;s agreement to get involved come amid mounting pressure from civil rights groups over the racially charged tragedy, which took place on Feb. 23 and which became a national story last week after video of the fatal confrontation went viral.
The call for the &#8220;investigation of the investigation,&#8221; as <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/local/georgia-asks-feds-investigate-brunswick-shooting-probe/L74n0jbrqj13jOPwzhovcI/">The Atlanta Journal-Constitution</a> puts it, follows a series of problematic developments in the case and an unusual degree of turnover in prosecutors. Along with his request Sunday that the DOJ get involved, Carr appointed a new district attorney to take over the case. That prosecutor is now the fourth to oversee the case since Arbery died a little over two months ago.
&#8220;We are committed to a complete and transparent review of how the Ahmaud Arbery case was handled from the outset,&#8221; Carr assured the public Sunday. &#8220;The family, the community and the state of Georgia deserve answers, and we will work with others in law enforcement at the state and federal level to find those answers.&#8221;
As reported by <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/doj-consider-possible-federal-hate-crime-charges-ahmaud-arbery-shooting-n1204531">NBC News</a>, Carr asked for federal assistance after he determined local prosecutors &#8220;never informed his office that they had advised police on whether Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis McMichael, 34, should be arrested in connection to Arbery&#8217;s death.&#8221;
The two men were arrested Thursday on charges of felony aggravated assault. Investigators say a neighbor of the McMichaels&#8217; is also being investigated for his role in filming the video that helped turn the case into a national story.
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William Roddie Bryan, the man who recorded the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery last February, spoke to <a href="https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/glynn-county/exclusive-man-who-recorded-shooting-ahmaud-arbery-speaks-out/IQZB4BBAKFDT5NSIR3JXY76OHY/">Action News Jax</a> to say that he was only a witness to the shooting and is &#8220;trying to get my life back to normal.&#8221;
At the time of the incident, Gregory McMichael, 64, told police he was pursuing a male burglary suspect, and that a man named “Roddy” tried to block the suspect after he reversed course and ran in the opposite direction, according to the police report. 
<blockquote>McMichael then stated Travis drive down Burford and attempted to cut off the male. McMichael stated the unidentified male turned around and began running back the direction from which he came and &#8220;Roddy &#8221; attempted to block him which was unsuccessful. McMichael stated he then jumped into the bed of the truck and he and Travis continued to Holmes in an attempt to intercept him.</blockquote>
Bryan told the news agency that he’s been in “complete shock,” was only a witness to the situation, and wants his life back to normal. 
“I had nothing to do with it. I’m trying to get my life back to normal, and it’s been smeared for the last week,” said Bryan. “I was told I was a witness and I’m not sure what I am, other than receiving a bunch of threats.”
Alan Tucker, an attorney who claims to have leaked the footage to the media, told <a href="https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/crime/attorney-for-mcmichael-family-claims-he-released-shooting-video-of-ahmaud-arbery/77-c5df7130-1a00-4acf-90f2-7a5a56363360">First Coast News</a> last week that the guy who took the video is the one who saw Arbery coming out of the house and said ‘that’s him.’”
Bryan’s attorney told <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/us/ahmaud-arbery-video-lawyer.html">The New York Times</a> last Friday that his client never hid the video from authorities, or anyone who asked for it for that matter. 
“Mr. Bryan has never tried to hide anything from anybody,” Kevin Gough, the man’s attorney, told the Times. “If anybody wanted a copy of the video, he would give it to them.”
The video shows Arbery running down the street in the direction of a white pickup truck, where Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael, father and son, can be seen armed and waiting. When Arbery approaches the truck, he goes around the passenger’s side, and a struggle breaks out between him and Travis McMichael, who is holding a shotgun. Moments later, Arbery falls to the ground. 
Lee Merritt, an attorney for Arbery’s family, tweeted the video last week and said that Ahmaud Arbery “was pursued by three white men that targeted him solely because of his race and murdered him without justification. This is murder.”
In the interview with Action News Jax, Gough said that he expects the Georgia Bureau of Investigations to update him on the status of Bryan’s role in the case soon. Bryan has not been charged with a crime. 
The attorney did not allow Bryan to explain why he was on the scene or his reason for recording, as the investigation is ongoing. 
“My client was responding to what he saw, which was someone in the community he didn’t know being followed by a vehicle he recognized,” said Gough. “Without going into details about the level of crime in this community in this subdivision, I think most people in this subdivision were aware that there were issues.”
Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael were arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault last Thursday. 
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Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has assigned District Attorney Joyette Holmes, the former chief magistrate judge of Cobb County, to prosecute Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael, the father and son who were charged last week in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery back in February. 
Holmes was assigned after prosecutor Tom Durden decided to step down due to the changing “size and magnitude” of the case, according to the Georgia attorney general’s office. 
“The most important thing is we make sure justice is done,” Carr said in a statement announcing the appointment of Holmes. “She’s been a prosecutor, a defense attorney and she’s been a judge.”
After the announcement, the Arbery family released a statement calling for Holmes “to be zealous in her search for justice, as she works to hold all of those responsible for the unjustifiable execution of an unarmed young Black man in broad daylight,” reports <a href="https://www.gpbnews.org/post/cobb-county-da-joyette-holmes-named-prosecutor-ahmaud-arbery-case">Georgia Public Broadcasting</a>. 
The fourth prosecutor, Holmes, has been tasked with reviewing a case that has received widespread national attention not only for the shooting but for prompting repeated recusals from prosecutors. 
District Attorney Jackie Johnson recused herself within days of the case on the account that Gregory McMichael previously worked for her office. Two county commissioners recently accused Johnson’s office of telling police to not issue arrests in the case, according to <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/local/watch-gbi-updates-following-arrests-ahmaud-arbery-shooting/1aJbZe2uL9HrndjyWYjB2L/">The Atlanta Journal Constitution</a>. 
In a statement, Johnson’s office said that the commissioners were making “false accusations” in an effort to “ignore the problems at the Glynn County Police Department, for which they are ultimately responsible,” according to <a href="https://www.news4jax.com/news/georgia/2020/05/09/commissioner-district-attorney-blocked-arrests-of-father-son-in-ahmaud-arbery-case/">News4Jax</a>. 
The second prosecutor, George Barnhill, recused himself at the request of the victim’s mother, who pointed out that Barnhill’s son worked at the same office as the previous prosecutor. In a letter to the police department announcing his recusal, Barnhill argued that there was “insufficient probable cause to issue arrest warrants at this time.”
Prosecutor Tom Durden was assigned to the case in mid-April and was responsible for sending the case to a grand jury, the same day the graphic video of Arbery’s final moments circulated online. Before stepping down for the case, Durden requested an investigation from the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. 
The bureau arrested both Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael 36 hours after receiving the case file on charges of murder and aggravated assault last Thursday. 
Gregory McMichael told police at the time of the incident he was pursuing a man he believed was a suspect in a recent series of break-ins. Arbery’s family has said he was jogging at the time of his death. 
Lee Merritt, an attorney for the family, told <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-man-shot-dead-while-jogging-southeast-georgia-two-months-n1196621">NBC News</a> last month that Arbery may have gone through a construction site before his death, which he emphasized did not legally constitute a break-in or warrant a shooting. 
“That dwelling did not have doors or windows,” said Merritt. “Under the law in the state of Georgia, in order to commit a crime by entering someone’s dwelling, you have to break a seal, break a door, forcibly enter something that is otherwise locked.”
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Fourth Prosecutor Takes Ahmaud Arbery Case After Third Prosecutor Steps Down

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Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has assigned District Attorney Joyette Holmes, the former chief magistrate judge of Cobb County, to prosecute Gregory

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Over the weekend, defenders of Gregory and Travis McMichael pointed to surveillance cam footage reportedly showing Ahmaud Arbery walking through a construction site prior to the altercation that led to his death, suggesting the evidence supported the argument that the father and son were justified in setting up an armed roadblock to enact a citizens arrest.
Former U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia Michael J. Moore maintains that the video has &#8220;no bearing whatsoever&#8221; on the McMichaels&#8217; defense.
&#8220;It really has no impact at all on the ultimate outcome of the shooting,&#8221; Moore told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/ahmaud-arbery-case-new-footage-michael-moore">Fox News</a>. &#8220;He&#8217;s not reported to have been seen carrying a drill set, a toolbox, a nail gun, anything you might think of, not even seen breaking in the place. He&#8217;s just seen running down the road.&#8221;
On February 23, Ahmaud Arbery was seen running through a neighborhood in Satilla Shores, Georgia, where residents reportedly saw him enter a house that was currently under construction. Recently released surveillance cam footage shows Arbery entering the house and observing the area for a few minutes before leaving with nothing in his possession. During this time, a 911 call was made alerting the police to Arbery’s presence.
According to Gregory McMichael, he spotted Arbery running down the street and thought he resembled a man believed to have committed a previous burglary. Suspecting that Arbery may be armed and dangerous, Gregory and his son Travis then grabbed their guns, hopped into a pickup truck, and formed a roadblock to enact a &#8220;citizens arrest&#8221; until the police arrived.
Citizens arrests in Georgia require arresting individuals to have directly witnessed a crime being committed.
In a recently released video that has since gone viral, Arbery is seen running up the road, where he encounters Travis McMichael. Arbery was shot and killed, McMichael claims, while wrestling with Travis for his shotgun. Arbery&#8217;s family says he was out jogging and was unarmed.
Attorneys for Arbery&#8217;s family said the video was recorded minutes before the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/homicide">killing</a> near Brunswick, Ga., and proved Arbery wasn&#8217;t involved in a crime.
&#8220;He tried to protect himself and ended up being the victim here in what can only be called a modern-day lynching, I think,&#8221; Moore said. &#8220;It’s inexcusable, and this new video has no bearing whatsoever.&#8221;
Last week, the McMichaels were arrested for aggravated assault and murder. Since the arrest occurred a full two months after the shooting, debate partly centers on whether local law enforcement agencies had any implicit bias due to the fact that Gregory McMichael previously worked as a district attorney investigator and police detective. Two prosecutors have since recused themselves after revealing conflicts of interest.
The Georgia Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/georgia-attorney-general-requests-federal-investigation-of-ahmaud-arbery-case">has requested</a> a federal investigation of the case.
Moore said he hopes that further investigation will bring to light as to what took authorities so long to arrest the McMichaels.
&#8220;What I hope happens in the meantime is that there&#8217;s a real review on what happened to delay the arrest,&#8221; Moore said. &#8220;I’m particularly concerned with officials who may have had knowledge about this tape and done nothing. These kinds of circumstances and what we see in that tape, when you see that, I would just say that inaction is never acceptable. I hope that not only are we talking about the McMichael case, but that we talk about other officials who may have been involved in either delaying or hiding evidence, willfully ignoring evidence that clearly shows that Mr. Arbery was unjustifiably gunned down in the street.&#8221;
This article has been revised for clarity.
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Former U.S. Attorney: Video Of Ahmaud Arbery In Construction Site ‘Has No Bearing Whatsoever’ On McMichael’s Defense

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Before recusing himself from the case over a conflict of interest, a Georgia prosecutor told the police that the killing of Ahmaud Arbery was “justifiable homicide.”
After the Feb. 23 shooting of the unarmed black man by two white men &#8212; one a former police officer &#8212; District Attorney George Barnhill sent a five-point letter setting out why the men should not be charged, according to reports.
Barnhill told police there was insufficient evidence to charge the two men, Gregory McMichael, 64, the former cop, and his 34-year-old son, Travis McMichael.
“Detectives met with DA George Barnhill Sr. of the Waycross Judicial Circuit the following day and reviewed their findings with him,” said the statement, published Saturday by The <a href="https://thebrunswicknews.com/breaking/county-issues-statement-on-arbery-shooting/article_8d33e189-f31f-5ea6-be6d-b8d4abe13af3.html">Brunswick News</a>. “DA Barnhill, Sr., advised the detectives before noon on Feb. 24, that the act was justifiable homicide and for detectives to continue their investigation and provide him with lab reports and any additional information.”
“In this letter, DA Barnhill, Sr., notes, ‘I appreciate there is immediate pressure on your department as to the issue of arrest,&#8217;” the statement said. “DA Barnhill, Sr.’s letter makes five points regarding the case and concludes that there was insufficient probable cause to issue arrest warrants at that time.”
Barnhill recused himself from the case on April 6 because his son is currently a prosecutor in the Brunswick district attorney’s office, where Gregory McMichael once worked as an investigator. The letter appears to have been written before video of the incident surfaced, igniting a public firestorm.
The McMichaels were arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Thursday night and charged with murdering Arbery.
Arbery, a former football player, was reportedly jogging in the daytime in the Satilla Shores neighborhood when the McMichaels confronted him, according to the GBI.
The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIve50vSeLQ&amp;has_verified=1&amp;bpctr=1588953594">32-second video</a> (WARNING: GRAPHIC) recently posted online &#8212; allegedly shot from behind by a friend of the McMichaels &#8212; shows a black man jogging down a residential street. In front of him is a pickup truck with two white men. The man veers off the road to go around the truck on the shoulder, and the camera loses sight of all three.
When the camera returns to the scene, the black man is near the front of the truck and a gunshot is heard. The jogger and one of the men are seen struggling over a long gun, a shotgun or a rifle. They move out of the frame again and another gunshot is heard. When they both come back into frame, the long-barreled gun is being held to the jogger’s midsection and a third shot rings out.
Seconds later, the jogger collapsed in the road.
President Trump on Friday said a video that appears to show the killing is &#8220;very, very disturbing.&#8221;
&#8220;I saw the tape and it&#8217;s very, very disturbing, the tape,&#8221; Trump said on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends.&#8221; &#8220;I got to see it, it&#8217;s very disturbing.&#8221;
“I looked at a picture of that young man. He was in a tuxedo &#8230; I will say that that looks like a really good young guy,” Trump said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a very disturbing situation to me and my heart goes out to the parents and the family and the friends, but yet we have to take it, law enforcement is going to look at it.&#8221;
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Recused Georgia Prosecutor Called Arbery Shooting ‘Justifiable Homicide’

Before recusing himself from the case over a conflict of interest, a Georgia prosecutor told the police that the killing of Ahmaud Arbery was “justifiable

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