Ahmaud Arbery shooting: Glynn County commissioners say DA blocked arrests after fatal shooting

[Eugene]

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Glynn County commissioners say DA blocked arrests after fatal shooting

By Christian Boone and Bert Roughton Jr.

BRUNSWICK — Two Glynn County commissioners say District Attorney Jackie Johnson’s office refused to allow the Glynn County Police Department to make arrests immediately after the Feb. 23 shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery.

The GBI announced the arrests of Travis McMichael, 34, and his father Greg McMichael, 64, on Thursday - more than two months after the fatal shooting. They were denied bond Friday afternoon.

“The police at the scene went to her, saying they were ready to arrest both of them. These were the police at the scene who had done the investigation,” Commissioner Allen Booker, who has spoken with Glynn County police, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “She shut them down to protect her friend McMichael.”

Greg McMichael, now retired, once worked as an investigator in Johnson’s office.

Commissioner Peter Murphy, who also said he spoke directly to Glynn County police about the incident, said officers at the scene concluded they had probable cause to make arrests and contacted Johnson’s office to inform the prosecutor of their decision.

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Read more: https://www.ajc.com/news/local/watch-gbi-updates-following-arrests-ahmaud-arbery-shooting/1aJbZe2uL9HrndjyWYjB2L/

[sfstaxprep]

1. The Trail Always Leads Right To Scum

I hope they recall her ass.

[qazplm135]

2. White power indeed

thankfully at least she wasn't the last word, although my faith in getting a conviction is muted at best.

[barbtries]

3. That's a crime right?

Obstruction of justice? Lock her up.

[SharonClark]

5. +1

[csziggy]

7. GBI said there are probably additional charges to be made

They did not say those charges might be only against the murderers.

GBI = Georgia Bureau of Investigation

[Baked Potato]

4. Loyalty to murderers... BARF.

[dalton99a]

6. Jackie Johnson:

Johnson is the prosecutor who helped a couple of trigger-happy Glynn County cops avoid prosecution in the sickening 2010 shooting death of Caroline Small, an unarmed mother trapped in her car after a slow-speed chase.

https://www.ajc.com/news/local/torpy-large-something-stinks-brunswick-and-ain-paper-mills/kHAdn8AY94VuWMEGWrEb4I/

For more than a month, her office has known of new DNA evidence that, the Georgia Innocence Project says, proves Dennis Perry, a man who’s been in prison 20 years for murder, is innocent. Johnson hasn’t acted to free Perry -- even though four legal experts say she should do so immediately.

https://www.ajc.com/news/local/watch-gbi-updates-following-arrests-ahmaud-arbery-shooting/1aJbZe2uL9HrndjyWYjB2L/

[Celerity]

9. Slack-jawed white nationalist trash. I hope she burns.

[roamer65]

8. Conspiracy charges?

Sounds like conspiracy to me.