(12.05.2020)
A video of the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia has thrust the case into the national spotlight, prompting widespread outrage and raising concerns about racial inequities in the justice system.
Here is a timeline of events in the case.
(07.05.2020)
Jackie Johnson, the district attorney for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, recused her office as Gregory McMichael, one of the men involved in the shooting, was a former investigator in her office.
That was the case Feb. 23, when Arbery was spotted jogging through his neighborhood by Gregory McMichael, who believed Arbery looked like a suspect in a spate of recent break-ins, according to a police report published by the New York Times.
Only one burglary was reported to the Glynn County Police Department in the Satilla Shores neighborhood between Jan. 1 and Feb. 23, and it involved a pistol taken from a pickup truck outside of Travis McMichael’s home, the Brunswick News reported.
(07.05.2020)
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Polizeiberichten zufolge sagte der Vater – laut US-Medien ein ehemaliger Polizist – aus, der Jogger habe einem Einbrecher ähnlich gesehen, der zuvor auf Videos in der Nachbarschaft aufgenommen worden sei.
Sie hätten sich daher bewaffnet und seien Arbery hinterhergefahren. Im Polizeibericht heißt es, der Sohn sei mit seinem Gewehr ausgestiegen. Der Vater habe angegeben, Arbery habe den Sohn dann angegriffen, es sei zu einem Kampf um das Gewehr gekommen.
(05.05.2020)
(30.04.2020)
The prosecutor said video footage of the shooting, made by a neighbor, shows Arbery to be the aggressor.
„Given the fact Arbery initiated the fight, at the point Arbery grabbed the shotgun, under Georgia Law, McMichael was allowed to use deadly force to protect himself,“ according to the memo, reported in the New York Times.
A Glynn County police spokesman declined comment on the probe and referred all questions to Durden, who has not publicly discussed the case and could not be immediately reached on Thursday.
(Feb 26, 2020)
Glynn County Police investigators will not say if they are in contact with the person who shot Arbery.
Police also declined to comment on the nature of the investigation, giving no indication whether they are approaching the shooting as a homicide or an act of self- defense.