Georgia Attorney General Names New Prosecutor In Ahmaud Arbery Case

[Cattledog]

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr on Monday tapped a new lead prosecutor in the murder case of Ahmaud Arbery — the fourth since the young black man was killed in February while jogging in Glynn County, Ga.

Joyette Holmes, District Attorney of the Cobb County Judicial Circuit and the first black woman to serve in that position, is taking over the case following a video of the shooting went viral after it was posted online last week. The footage ignited national outcry and a cascade of questions over why no arrests were made in the 10 weeks since his Feb. 23 killing.

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1. Well...I'll just say I'm glad I haven't been hunting Black men for sport in Georgia!

[crickets]

2. Good news.

Justice Department spokesperson Kerri Kupec said Monday that it is "assessing all of the evidence to determine whether federal hate crimes charges are appropriate."

"In addition, we are considering the request of the Attorney General of Georgia and have asked that he forward to federal authorities any information that he has about the handling of the investigation. We will continue to assess all information, and we will take any appropriate action that is warranted by the facts and the law," she said.

As NPR has reported, Georgia, along with Arkansas, South Carolina and Wyoming, are the only states that do not have hate crime laws and also don't require officials to collect data on such crimes, according to the DOJ.

Well, it's interesting that there are possible federal charges. Given my state is lame enough to have no hate crime laws, here's hoping the feds pick up the slack. Given who's heading the DOJ these days, it's a tossup as to whether they will take action or not.

[empedocles]

4. 'tossup', w lowbarr around?

[Cha]

3. Wow! Thank you!

[rgbecker]

5. Well, we'll see how this works out, but I'm pessimistic.

We have seen in the past the clever move of putting a Prosecutor or sheriff or police chief of color in charge of these racists crimes so when the freight train we in America call "Justice" finds that there is nothing to see here the complaint of "bias by race" can't be claimed. I know nothing of Ms. Holmes, but I've noticed a pattern.