The Georgia authorities on Thursday arrested a father and his son, who were charged with the murder of an African-American man in February, who was chased in a van after seeing him running through his neighborhood. The charges were filed more than two months after the death of Ahmaud Arbery, 25, on a residential street outside the port city of Brunswick.
The case sparked a wave of outrage across the country this week following the release of a cell phone recording that appeared to show the shooting. To get the latest news about coronavirus, sign up by clicking on this space and we’ll send you the information instantly. People near Arbery celebrated the news, but expressed frustration at the long wait. “This should have happened the day it happened,” said Akeem Baker, one of Arbery’s close friends in Brunswick.You may also be interested:Georgia relaxes confinement measures by COVID-19″This would not have happened without the video.” Gregory McMichael, 64, had told police before that he and his son chased the victim because they suspected he was a thief. Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper Jones, said she believes her son, a former football player, was simply running around the Satilla Shores neighborhood when he was shot down on a Sunday afternoon. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced the arrests a day after starting its own investigation at the request of an outside prosecutor. Gregory McMichael and his son Travis McMichael, 34, had been jailed for murder and aggravated assault, the agency added in a statement.
