Georgia district attorney vows grand jury review after man shot and killed while jogging

[Calista241]

Source: The Hill

A Georgia prosecutor on Tuesday said he would present the case of a man who was shot by a father and son earlier this year to a grand jury for review.

The case involves the death of Ahmaud Arbery, 25, an unarmed black man who was shot and killed on Feb. 23 in Brunswick, Ga., after Gregory McMichael and his son Travis McMichael followed him in their truck. The McMichaels have claimed they believed Arbery to be a burglar, while an attorney for Arbery’s family said he was in the neighborhood jogging.

"I am of the opinion that the case should be presented to the grand jury of Glynn County for consideration of criminal charges against those involved in the death of Mr. Arbery," District Attorney (DA) Thomas Durden said Tuesday, according to NBC News.

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Durden is the district attorney of Hinesville, about 70 miles from where the incident occurred. He is the third prosecutor to take up the case after two others recused themselves over potential conflicts of interest, including the DA of Brunswick, the jurisdiction where the incident occurred and where Gregory McMichael is a longtime investigator for the DA's office. Under lockdown orders in Georgia, courts are barred from empaneling either standard trial juries or grand juries through at least June 12.

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[TeamPooka]

1. The DA's are cowards and should not need a grand jury to bring charges here.

[Midnight Writer]

2. Exactly. There is even film.

[obamanut2012]

11. Ummm.... yes, it does

It even shows the victim running to get away from the one guy, the other guy with the gun going after him, a struggle, then the victim is still trying to run away as he literally collapses and dies.

[pscot]

4. There is indeed film

Link to tweet

?s=20

[rockfordfile]

5. That was murder

[iluvtennis]

16. This young man fought for his life. These evil bastards had no reason to hunt down Ahmaud Arbery

like they did. They had called 911. Let law enforcement come and handle the situation of if he was the " suspected burgular".

These guys need to be charged now.

[NutmegYankee]

8. The grand jury is so they can hide how poorly they press the charges.

The goal here is a no bill. If they were going to charge them, they’d have already done it.

[iluvtennis]

6. Just like George Zimmerman murdered Trayvon Martin for walking thru the neighborhood, these

guys murdered this young man. If they actually thought he looked like someone who was wanted for burglarizing homes, call 911 to report his location.

[obamanut2012]

12. They did call 911

Then hunted him down and killed him.

The young man did not burgle anything, and what film they had of someone robbing an unfinished house was blurry tape, at night, with a shadowy figure of a black man in a t-shirt.

[iluvtennis]

14. Thanks for the add'l info. Wasn't aware they had called 911. BUT instead of waiting for law

enforcement to arrive, they shot him down. UNACCEPTABLE.

[George II]

7. Why go to a Grand Jury? Just indict the motherfuckers and put them on trial!

[Bayard]

9. Looks to me

Looks to me like Mr. Arbery was just trying to continue his run, and was shot in cold blood.

This is total bullshit. Do these two people even live in this neighborhood, or they just saw a black man running and decided to follow him? I couldn't tell from the article. And they claim they thought he was a burglar? Where are you supposed to carry anything in a pair of running shorts?

Why aren't these two murderers in jail while awaiting trial?!

[Judi Lynn]

10. They don't want anyone in the country they stole after massacring indigenous people, but themselves

The good man, and the stupid vicious devils.

No one but infantile greedy a-holes allowed.

What a shame.

[iluvtennis]

15. + agree Judi Lynn. Heard a snippet of interview with Ahmaud Arbery's mom this morning. He was

a very kind, loving, humble young man. I am so disgusted these evil folks hunted him down and murdered him.

[nykym]

13. This should be tried as a

HATE CRIME!