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babylonsister

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Thu May 14, 2020, 08:58 PM May 2020

Gregory McMichael, ... charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery, had service weapon suspended in 2019

Gregory McMichael, ex-police officer charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery, had service weapon suspended in 2019
Gregory McMichael repeatedly failed to complete officer training.
By Brandon Baur and Mark Osborne
May 14, 2020, 6:46 PM


Documents show that Gregory McMichael's law enforcement certification was suspended and his firearm was taken away in February 2019 due to repeatedly failing to take mandatory training, one year before the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery.

He retired a few months later in June 2019.

McMichael, and his adult son, Travis, were arrested on May 7 and charged with murder and aggravated assault for the Feb. 23 shooting death of Arbery, who was jogging in his Satilla Shores, Georgia, neighborhood when confronted by the two men. The arrest came soon after a video showing the fatal confrontation went viral.

This suspension is outlined in Gregory McMichael's personnel records, obtained by ABC News, from his time working in Glynn County, Georgia, as a police officer and investigator in the district attorney's office.

In February 2019, the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST) issued McMichael a suspension order for "failure to maintain training for the year 2018." At that point McMichael lost his powers of arrest.

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/gregory-mcmichael-police-officer-charged-killing-ahmaud-arbery/story?id=70690972&fbclid=IwAR1TyxUPcbx8yqhIbHOn77TBSEEFfUSu4Rs3Y3cIcLsBAwN8D-AL1xIJRmE

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Gregory McMichael, ... charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery, had service weapon suspended in 2019 (Original Post) babylonsister May 2020 OP
Bury these two under the jail, please. n/t ZZenith May 2020 #1
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Thanks. I babylonsister May 2020 #5
Thank you! ❤ nt littlemissmartypants May 2020 #8
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Looks like he was no angel... greenjar_01 May 2020 #6
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