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Greg McMichael, who provided gun cover for his son as he fought and eventually shot a young black jogger, may have known the victim long before their encounter in a subdivision just south of Brunswick, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.
McMichael, a former Glynn County cop, told Glynn police he recognized Arbery, 25, from surveillance video that captured a recent burglary in his mostly white neighborhood. He said he planned to make a citizens arrest.
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Arberys parents have demanded the McMichaels be arrested. Atlantic Judicial Circuit District Attorney Tom Durden said Tuesday he would ask a grand jury to consider criminal charges.
Gov. Brian Kemp told reporters Thursday the video was absolutely horrific and that Georgians deserve answers.
I told Director Reynolds to follow the facts, follow the truth and to administer justice, Kemp said, referring to GBI Director Vic Reynolds. I have no doubt in my mind, it will be fair and Director Reynolds and his seasoned team of investigators will work very quickly and will also be very thorough.
Late Thursday afternoon GBI agents were canvassing Satilla Shores, the subdivision where Arbery was killed.
https://www.ajc.com/news/local/brunswick-attorney-released-the-video-arbery-shooting/JkpbvTuJt9wfl3tkcLTTvO/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1202378
Got this in email from the Atlanta Journal Constitution. It's good to hear the perps of this horrible murder are charged.
applegrove
(118,778 posts)just see it.
spooky3
(34,476 posts)would tell anyone spotting a suspect (real or imagined) to call the police, not to make a "citizen's arrest."
I hope both the father and son receive just deserts.
applegrove
(118,778 posts)This was a NRA lynching. Only when it threatened to be a national story for more than a week, and thus set into people's minds, did they act.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)You don't get to make a citizen's arrest cuz you think they might be the same person in a video.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)I am 99.9 percent against the death penalty, but I would like to see these two get it.
They need to be an example.
SinisterPants
(89 posts)Charged is along way from convicted, but it's a start.
Crunchy Frog
(26,630 posts)That the truth is being uncovered, and people getting embarrassed into finally doing the right thing. Hopefully.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,610 posts)Thr fact that the victim was black, it is still murder.
tulipsandroses
(5,127 posts)How about we start releasing the records of the perpetrators? Its only fair. If you think that someone's past background somehow played a part in their murder. How about reporting on the cop's record? Let's see if he or she had questionable shootings, charges of abuse or racism in their record?
Hopefully justice will be done.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)musette_sf
(10,206 posts)who did the video? Is he going to be arrested as an accessory, I hope?
KWR65
(1,098 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)copy. "Kemp said, if requested, the GBI would take over the investigation into the shooting. Within an hour, Durden accepted the offer and on Wednesday morning, agents hit the ground. "
KWR65
(1,098 posts)Where in the police academy hand book do they teach you to pull a gun on a man that is simply jogging through a neighborhood? These men are entitled to a fair trial, but if they are found guilty they need some serious prison time.
obamanut2012
(26,137 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)You call the cops, make a report and give them a copy of the video, and then let the cops handle it. You do not ambush a jogger and shoot him in cold blood with a shotgun.
The McMichaels' story has changed more than once so far, and I don't believe the surveillance video angle for a second. I hope both of these creeps go to jail, and everyone who covered for them loses jobs and also gets charged accordingly.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Oh, man. That takes the cake. How many people plan a citizen's arrest? That's not even a situation that warrants it. It is more like premeditated murder.
If somebody robs your "neighborhood" you call the police. They investigate. If somebody saw them you give a description.
If you think you see that person jogging down the street. Call the police. There are cell phones now. If you are that concerned about it, even if its not your business really, you can follow at distance until the cops arrive.
Their whole alibi is full of bullshit. This was cold blooded murder and sounds like another racist assassination.
KentuckyWoman
(6,692 posts)Hopefully the former cop will get a chance to say hi in person to some former collars.
obamanut2012
(26,137 posts)He and the Sheriff are the dad's buddy.
a kennedy
(29,707 posts)Oh yah, this is going nowhere....delay, delay, delay......
Proud liberal 80
(4,167 posts)qwlauren35
(6,150 posts)I read the entire article. It was written before they were charged.
Here are links to more recent articles.
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/05/08/father-son-arrested-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-of-brunswick-jogger/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/07/killing-ahmaud-arbery-draws-condemnation-calls-prosecution/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2020/05/07/ahmaud-arbery-shooting-video-prosecutor-arrest-mcmichael/3089040001/