NEWS: Graphic video appears to show Ahmaud Arbery, 25 of GA., whose family says he was out for a run, confronted by 2 men who shot him dead saying they thought he was a burglar. A prosecutor wants a grand jury to decide whether the men should be charged.
Here's the statement from the district attorney who was brought in to oversee the case and decide how and whether the case should be prosecuted.
Also, here's a news report about what happened: https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/05/05/us/ap-us-georgia-chase-deadly-shooting.html
Read this: this is what the district attorney who recused himself thought about what she says are the facts in the case. I'm going to thread this, but you can also read it for yourself: http://shorturl.at/iJYZ0  (h/t @nycsouthpaw)
She knew there was pressure to make an arrest.
The DA said based on the autopsy, video, photographs, &
"witness statements taken immediately at the scene" that "We do not see grounds for an arrest of any of the three parties" https://int.nyt.com/data/documenthelper/6916-george-barnhill-letter-to-glyn/b52fa09cdc974b970b79/optimized/full.pdf#page=1
Attorney Lee Merritt, who represents Arberys mother, claims "The series of events captured in this video confirm what all the evidence indicated prior to its release— Ahmaud Arbery was pursued by three white men that targeted him solely because of his race and murdered him..."
"...without justification. This is murder.”
This was Ahmaud.
There's no evidence, presented publicly thus far, that suggests the deceased was a suspect in a burglary. The men who killed Arbery are not in jail right now because the district attorney is, arguably, passing the buck to a grand jury to let them make the decision.
NEW: The attorney representing the family says Arbery was not armed and was not in possession of stolen material. He said the worst that can be said is that he allegedly stopped at a home that was under construction to look through a window.
"McMichael told police they followed the running man & came to a stop beside him. He said his son, Travis McMichael, got out of the truck holding a shotgun when Arbery attacked him & Arbery got shot while wrestling for the gun, the police report said."
The video doesn't show that
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