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December 21, 2020

Bodycam Footage Shows Police Did Not Immediately Assist Ahmaud Arbery as He Lay on Ground Dying
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In Georgia, new bodycam footage from the minutes after three white men
murdered Ahmaud Arbery while he was out jogging show Arbery was still
alive when police arrived at the scene, but officers did not immediately
help him. They also declined to cuff Travis Mc Michael even though he
admitted to shooting Arbery. Lee Merritt, a lawyer for Arbery's family,
said of the recently released videos, "There has not been a Black murder
suspect in history who got the deference that these men received."


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