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Caravan of Georgia Activists to Hold Rally for Slain Black Jogger

Reuters

   ATLANTA, GEORGIA - A caravan of cars packed with protesters will trek
   from Atlanta to the small coastal community of Brunswick on Saturday to
   rally for a young black jogger killed by two white men who chased him
   down and shot him because they thought he was a burglar.

   Video of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, 25, ignited outrage among
   activists who saw his death as the latest U.S. case of white
   perpetrators killing a black man and going unpunished. The
   father-and-son suspects were not arrested until weeks after the
   shooting, and just days after the video surfaced online.

   "If it wasn't for the video, this would have been swept under the rug,"
   said Atlanta civil rights attorney Mawuli Davis, 51, one of the
   organizers of Saturday's demonstration. "If they (the suspects) were
   black instead of white, they would have been arrested on day one. This
   is not how justice should work."

   He said a newly formed organization, JustGeorgia -- a coalition of
   about 20 churches and activist groups including the state chapter of
   the NAACP, are demanding that law enforcement officials involved in the
   case resign.

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