Georgia family demands justice for Ahmaud Arbery, 25, killed in broad daylight while jogging after being chased down by two white men in a truck; Ex-cop Gregory McMichael and his son, Travis, then shot Arbery ‘because they thought he was a burglar’
“Running while black,” – Attorney James Yancey Jr.
Is a case that smacks of racial profiling being swept under the carpet, family of murdered Blackman ask authorities in Georgia
Ahmaud Arbery family demands justice for the jogger who was shot dead in broad daylight after being chased down by two white men who felt he was a burglar before one shot him
Ahmaud Arbery died on the spot after Travis McMichael, 34, shot twice at close range with a handgun in Brunswick, Georgia, after 1pm on February 23
Arbery was jogging in Satilla Shores area when he was chased by the self-appointed father and son vigilante team of Gregory and Travis McMichael, who believed he was a burglar
Gregory McMichaels told police that started to ‘violently attack [his son], when they tried to talk to him, before Travis fired his weapon twice, killing 25-year-old Arbery on the spot
Neither Gregory McMichael nor his son, Travis, have been arrested in the shooting death
Gregory McMichael, 64, is a former cop and retired Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney investigator
Arbery’s death has raised questions about racial profiling, Georgia’s self-defense laws and the wisdom of citizen policing
Two prosecutors have recused themselves, citing conflicts of interest, and the case has been assigned to the third jurisdiction, with no appreciable progress
Former high school all-star linebacker Ahmaud Arbery [left] seen with his mom [right], was shot dead in the Satilla Shores neighborhood in Brunswick, Georgia, just after 1pm on Feb 23. Although he was known to frequently jog in the community, his assailants flagged him for a robber, then chased him down in a pickup truck before gunning him down
The father and son self-appointed vigilante team told cops they believed the 25-year-old was a burglar. The victim’s family is demanding justice because Till date neither man has been arrested or charged
Ahmaud Arbery was shot dead in the Satilla Shores neighborhood in Brunswick, just after 1pm on February 23.
According to Glynn County authorities, officers responded to a 911 call, arrived at the scene to find that Arbery had been shot by a white man later identified as 34-year-old Travis McMichael.
Former police officer Gregory McMichael, 64, a retired Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney investigator, and his 34-year-old son Travis, had seen Arbery, who was unarmed, jogging in the area and armed themselves before chasing him down in a pickup truck.
Arbery was a former all-star linebacker at Brunswick High. An enthusiastic runner, according to friends and family, he was often seen jogging in the community, according posts on the Facebook page, “I Run With Maud #JusticeForAhmaud).”
![Gregory McMichael [left] and his son Travis McMichael [right] 1](https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Gregory-McMichael-left-and-his-son-Travis-McMichael-right-1.jpg?resize=620%2C568&ssl=1)
Cops responding to a 911 call in in Brunswick, Georgia, on Feb., 23, arrived to find Ahmaud Arbery had been shot by a white man identified as Travis McMichael [right]. His male at the scene was identified as the shooter’s father, Gregory McMichael [left] an ex-cop
911 dispatchers received two calls about Arbery being in the neighborhood. – About 50 seconds into one of the calls, the dispatcher interrupted the caller and said: ‘I just need to know what he was doing wrong.’ the New Brunswick News reports.
During the chase, the McMichaels allegedly yelled for Arbery to stop because they wanted to talk to him.
They then pulled up to Arbery, and Travis got out of the truck with the shotgun.
Gregory claimed that Arbery started to ‘violently attack Travis’ and the two men started fighting over the shotgun.
That’s when Travis fired one shot and then ‘a second later there was a second shot’.
More than two months later and neither Gregory nor Travis McMichael have been charged with Arbery’s death.
In a game of musical chairs Two months later, the case has passed the third jurisdiction and is now assigned to the Hinesville District Attorney Tom Durden.
During the chase, the McMichaels yelled for Ahmaud Arbery [left, and seen with his family, right], to stop because they wanted to talk to him. They then pulled up to Arbery, and Travis got out of the truck with the shotgun
![Ahmaud Arbery [second right],with his family 7](https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Ahmaud-Arbery-second-rightwith-his-family-7.jpg?resize=620%2C673&ssl=1)
The shooter dad Gregory McMichael claims Ahmaud Arbery [second right in this family portrait], started to ‘violently attack [his son], Travis’. That’s when Travis fired one shot and then ‘a second later there was a second shot’. More than two months later and neither Gregory nor Travis McMichael have been charged with Arbery’s death
Barnhill had to recuse himself from the case after Arbery’s mother argued that the Ware County DA had a conflict because his son also works for Johnson.
Before dropped the case, Barnhill had argued that there was not sufficient probable cause to arrest Arbery’s attackers, because the the McMichaels were within their rights to carry their firearms under Georgia’s open carry law and had the right to pursue a ‘burglary suspect’, Barnhill stated.
Under Georgia law, Barnhill had argued that if Arbery attacked Travis, he was ‘allowed to use deadly force to protect himself’.
Barnhill also claimed that Arbery had mental health issues and prior convictions, which include shoplifting and violating probation.
Arbery’s defender, Michael J. Moore, countered that Barnhill’s statements were ‘flawed’, noting that the McMichaels were the ones who appeared to be the aggressors.
‘The law does not allow a group of people to form an armed posse and chase down an unarmed person who they believe might have possibly been the perpetrator of a past crime,’ Moore said.
Arbery’s cases will now be handled by Tom Durden, the district attorney for Atlanta Judicial Circuit.
The state attorney turned the case over to Hinesville DA Tom Durden on April 13.
Durden has stated, “Jackie (Johnson’s) office delivered the files to me and things are moving along,” Durden has said.
OMG , These white people need to be incarcerated. Any other out come should not be tolerated
Death to these KKK NAZIS and nothing less will be tolerated
I hope Gregory McMichael and his son both go to jail for the resat of there life. They are white trash that need to be removed from society..
I would suggest that they meet the description of two murder suspects and people should be on the lookout with their guns loaded and safetys off. When they are found, confront them and be sure to ‘stand your ground’. All of this is said in complete sarcasm, obviously. I don’t want anyone doing homemade justice. The point is, that is the kind of thinking that is so convenient for racists to freely murder the other color. What does it seem like when it is directed towards some good old white boys?
The arrests of these pigs today are very affirming. I see in the faces of these thugs echoes of Emmet Tills ghost-how many of these sons of bitches were leering at him as they lynched him?
This type of gang stalking, where police, retired police, and their gangs of associates stalk these young men, and frequently murder them is absurd.
Justice for Ahmaud!
I can’t help but enjoy the thought that, while the cop will get a light sentence, his fat little pig faced son will not, because pigboy doesn’t have his fathers thin-blue-line at his back.
Great blog, BTW.