Alarming footage has emerged online, showing the moment Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man out for a jog, was chased two white men in pick up truck and then shot in broad daylight.
As noted by TMZ, Arbery’s death is being referred to as a modern-day lynching, as he was unarmed when he was gunned down in Brunswick, GA on February 23 by a white man named Travis McMichael … who has not been arrested or charged. He also happens to be the son of a former district attorney investigator. Now people are cooling for a grand jury investigation.
The video shows Arbery jogging when he was stopped by McMichael and his father in a white pickup truck. McMichael was armed with a shotgun. Arbery appears to attempt to run around the truck before he and McMichael start grappling.
After at least 2 shots, the men continued struggling over the gun until Arbery stumbles away, shot in the mid-section, and then collapses to the ground. He was later pronounced dead.
According to TMZ, “McMichael has not been charged in the shooting, reportedly because he and his father claim they were trying to make a citizen’s arrest. They claim Ahmaud fit the description of a suspect in a string of recent break-ins in the area.”
However, after the emergence of the video, D.A. Pro Tempore Tom Durden has decided the case “should be presented to the grand jury of Glynn County for consideration of criminal charges against those involved in the death of Mr. Arbery.”
Ahmaud’s family says the use of deadly force was unnecessary.
Warning: This video contains graphic images.
NEWS: Graphic video appears to show Ahmaud Arbery, 25 of GA., whose family says he was out for a run, confronted by 2 men who shot him dead saying they thought he was a burglar. A prosecutor wants a grand jury to decide whether the men should be charged. pic.twitter.com/kEYYJW7UlM
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