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		</div><h6><span style="color: #453939;"><strong>“Running while black,” &#8211; Attorney James Yancey Jr. </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #453939;"><strong>Is a case that smacks of racial profiling being swept under the carpet, family of murdered Blackman ask authorities in Georgia </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #453939;"><strong>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</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #453939;"><strong>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 </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #453939;"><strong>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</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #453939;"><strong>Gregory McMichaels told police that started to &#8216;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 </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #453939;"><strong>Neither Gregory McMichael nor his son, Travis, have been arrested in the shooting death </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #453939;"><strong>Gregory McMichael, 64, is a former cop and retired Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney investigator </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #453939;"><strong>Arbery’s death has raised questions about racial profiling, Georgia’s self-defense laws and the wisdom of citizen policing</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #453939;"><strong> Two prosecutors have recused themselves, citing conflicts of interest, and the case has been assigned to the third jurisdiction, with no appreciable progress</strong></span></h6>
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<h6><strong style="color: var(--color-text);"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone wp-image-345029" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Ahmaud-Arbery-with-his-mum-8.jpg" alt="Ahmaud Arbery with his mum 8" width="679" height="497" />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</span></strong></h6>
<div>In a case that smacks of racial profiling the family of a black man who was shot and killed by two white men two months ago, while out jogging in Brunswick, Georgia said they worried that his death would go unnoticed and that no one would be held to account.<br />
The father and son self-appointed vigilante team told cops they believed the 25-year-old was a burglar. The victim&#8217;s family is demanding justice because Till date neither man has been arrested or charged<br />
Ahmaud Arbery was shot dead in the Satilla Shores neighborhood in Brunswick, just after 1pm on February 23.<br />
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.<br />
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.<br />
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).”</div>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone wp-image-345017" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Gregory-McMichael-left-and-his-son-Travis-McMichael-right-1.jpg" alt="Gregory McMichael [left] and his son Travis McMichael [right] 1" width="684" height="627" /><strong>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&#8217;s father, Gregory McMichael [left] an ex-cop</strong></span></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">911 dispatchers received two calls about Arbery being in the neighborhood. &#8211; About 50 seconds into one of the calls, the dispatcher interrupted the caller and said: &#8216;I just need to know what he was doing wrong.&#8217; the <a class="class" href="https://thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/dispatcher-what-was-he-doing-wrong/article_fe51cdd4-3bb6-5815-9dec-ddcdc8f879f8.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">New Brunswick News</a> reports.<br />
During the chase, the McMichaels allegedly yelled for Arbery to stop because they wanted to talk to him.<br />
They then pulled up to Arbery, and Travis got out of the truck with the shotgun.<br />
Gregory claimed that Arbery started to &#8216;violently attack Travis&#8217; and the two men started fighting over the shotgun.<br />
That&#8217;s when Travis fired one shot and then &#8216;a second later there was a second shot&#8217;.<br />
More than two months later and neither Gregory nor Travis McMichael have been charged with Arbery&#8217;s death.<br />
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. <span style="color: var(--color-text);"> </span></p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone wp-image-345030" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Ahmaud-Arbery-with-his-mum-9.jpg" alt="Ahmaud Arbery with his mum 9" width="880" height="615" /><strong>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</strong></span></h6>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">It has been reported that the case originally was assigned by the state Attorney General to Ware County DA George E. Barnhill. &#8211; Brunswick DA Jackie Johnson had cited a conflict of interest, noting McMichael’s more than 20 years as an investigator with her office. McMichael served seven years prior to that as a Glynn County police officer.<br />
In mid-April, the family shared a statement from the office of Jackie Johnson, the Brunswick Judicial Circuit District attorney, announcing that she had recused her office from the case because Gregory served as an investigator within the office.<br />
Arbery&#8217;s case was then shunted to George E. Barnhill, the district attorney in Waycross, Georgia. The Ware County DA stepped away from the case early this month at the request of Arbery’s family.<br />
Barnhill said the family cited a conflict because his son, George F. Barnhill, is an attorney with the Brunswick DA.<br />
Two months on, with no resolution to the case, Arbery&#8217;s family has started a Facebook page called I Run with Maud that serves as an outlet for relatives to advocate for justice.<br />
On Feb. 23rd 2020, Ahmaud Arbery was wrongfully chased and killed by two individuals who took the law into their own hands after they thought Ahmaud &#8216;looked suspicious&#8217; because he was &#8216;running&#8217; down the street.<br />
&#8216;Join us in bringing light to this tragedy as we demand justice for Ahmaud Arbery,&#8217; the page reads. </span></div>
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<h6 class="image-wrap fff-pic"><img class="alignnone wp-image-345024" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Ahmaud-Arbery-second-rightwith-his-family-7.jpg" alt="Ahmaud Arbery [second right],with his family 7" width="687" height="746" /><strong style="color: var(--color-text);"><span style="color: var(--color-text);">The shooter dad Gregory McMichael claims Ahmaud Arbery [second right in this family portrait], started to &#8216;violently attack [his son], Travis&#8217;. That&#8217;s when Travis fired one shot and then &#8216;a second later there was a second shot&#8217;. More than two months later and neither Gregory nor Travis McMichael have been charged with Arbery&#8217;s death</span></strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Barnhill had to recuse himself from the case after Arbery&#8217;s mother argued that the Ware County DA had a conflict because his son also works for Johnson.<br />
Before dropped the case, Barnhill had argued that there was not sufficient probable cause to arrest Arbery&#8217;s attackers, because the the McMichaels were within their rights to carry their firearms under Georgia&#8217;s open carry law and had the right to pursue a &#8216;burglary suspect&#8217;, Barnhill stated.<br />
Under Georgia law, Barnhill had argued that if Arbery attacked Travis, he was &#8216;allowed to use deadly force to protect himself&#8217;.<br />
Barnhill also claimed that Arbery had mental health issues and prior convictions, which include shoplifting and violating probation.<br />
Arbery&#8217;s defender, Michael J. Moore, countered that Barnhill&#8217;s statements were &#8216;flawed&#8217;, noting that the McMichaels were the ones who appeared to be the aggressors.<br />
&#8216;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,&#8217; Moore said.<br />
Arbery&#8217;s cases will now be handled by Tom Durden, the district attorney for Atlanta Judicial Circuit.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text);">The state attorney turned the case over to Hinesville DA Tom Durden on April 13.<br />
Durden has stated, “Jackie (Johnson’s) office delivered the files to me and things are moving along,” Durden has said.</span></p>
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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’
