Georgia county where Ahmaud Arbery was shot suing over police-abolishing vote
The commissioners of a coastal Georgia county where Black man Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot after being pursued by armed white men are suing to stop a referendum on abolishing the county police department.
The Glynn County Commission filed the lawsuit Friday, The Brunswick News reported. The report said the lawsuit argues that a state law mandating the November vote is unconstitutional. The referendum would seek to abolish the county police agency and hand law enforcement authority over to the sheriff.
State lawmakers approved the binding referendum in the spring after Arbery's February shooting death, though the referendum effort has its roots in scandals that took place earlier.
Glynn County commissioners have opposed that effort, saying two local Republican lawmakers are trying to help their political ally, Sheriff Neal Jump.
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