Three white men charged in killing of an unarmed Black jogger in Georgia plead not guilty
Source: Reuters
(Reuters) - The three white men charged with the murder of a Black jogger in south Georgia pleaded not guilty Friday morning in Chatham County Superior Court, in a case that spurred a national outcry after cellphone video of the shooting appeared on the internet.
Ahmaud Arbery, 25, who was killed on Feb. 23 just outside the coastal town of Brunswick, became a touchstone in cross-country protests over racial and social justice in the United States.
A former law enforcement officer, Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis, 34, are charged with murder and aggravated assault.
Their neighbor who took the cellphone video, William "Roddie" Bryan Jr., 50, was charged with murder and attempt to illegally detain and confine.
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Don't know why it's taken so long to charge these assholes
Archae
(46,299 posts)One: Arbery was black the thugs are white.
Two: Local police and DA connections to the killers.
"Good ol' boy" network.
raccoon
(31,105 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,106 posts)But I guess its an improvement that they were charged at all.
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(13,074 posts)canuckledragger
(1,636 posts)being protected by their racist brethren in law enforcement.