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Disturbing Video Surfaces Of Ahmaud Arbery Gunned Down While Jogging

A district attorney in Georgia has recommended the grand jury review the murder of Ahmaud Arbery after disturbing video has surfaced of the shooting

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A district attorney in Georgia has recommended the grand jury review the murder of Ahmaud Arbery after disturbing video has surfaced of the shooting.

What the Ahmaud Arbery video shows

The horrifying cell phone recording shows Arbery being chased by a group of men before being shot to death.

“I am of the opinion that the case should be presented to the grand jury of Glynn County for consideration of criminal charges against those involved in the death of Mr. Arbery,” Tom Durden, District Attorney Pro Temper for Brunswick Judicial Circuit wrote in a press release.

The video begins with Arbery jogging in the Brunswick, GA neighborhood wearing a white T-shirt and shorts.

Ahmuad Arbery video shows confrontation 

Seconds later, a struggle ensues after Arbery tries to wrestle a shotgun from Travis McMichael, who had pulled up next to Arbery and gotten out of his vehicle armed with the weapon to confront him.

Gregory McMichael, Travis’ father, watched from the back of a pickup truck.

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The men fought over the gun until shots rang out.

Arbery took a couple of steps before he dropped to the ground.

Gregory told police that his son fired the fatal shots after being “violently attacked” by Arbery, claims of which are easily disproven in the video.

Neither McMichael have been arrested or charged for the murder. 

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COVID pandemic affecting case

The murder occurred a few weeks before Georgia mandated stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which shut down courts and stopped Arbery’s family from holding a protest in hopes of bringing more attention to his murder.

“We thought about walking out where the shooting occurred, just doing a little march, but we can’t be out right now,” Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper, said at the time.

Georgia’s courts remain closed until June 13.

Video of the murder was given to Brunswick radio station WGIG by an “anonymous source,” and published on Tuesday.

Arbery Family demands justice

In light of the footage going viral, the Arbery’s family lawyer is again demanding the immediate arrest of the McMichaels.

“Mr. Arbery had not committed any crime and there was no reason for these men to believe they had the right to stop him with weapons or to use deadly force in furtherance of their unlawful attempted stop. This is murder,” reads a statement from attorney S. Lee Merritt.


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