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May 19, 2020

New Evidence Reveals Pattern of Racist Targeting Prior to Ahmaud Arbery Murder
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In the United States, new information has emerged around the killing of
Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Georgia man who was chased down and shot to
death by two White men in February while on a jog. Lee Merritt, the
Arbery family attorney, said video shows Ahmaud Arbery was chased by
Gregory Mc Michael and his son Travis Mc Michael in their car for over
four minutes before they killed him. On Monday, body camera video
emerged of Glynn County police attempting to taser Arbery in 2017. The
officer in the video acknowledged Arbery has done nothing wrong, but
asks to inspect his car. A second officer deploys his Taser on him even
though he was not provoked in any way.

Meanwhile, texts that were uncovered over the weekend show a Glynn
County police officer instructed the owner of the property Arbery
entered prior to his killing to notify Gregory Mc Michael if he noticed
any trespassers on his property. Surveillance video from the property
shows that multiple people entered the construction site - but only
Arbery was killed for the alleged trespassing.


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