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Georgia General Attorney requests DOJ investigation into Ahmaud Arbery’s case
Georgia’s attorney general has requested that the US Department of Justice conduct an investigation into the handling of Ahmaud Arbery’s case.
Georgia’s attorney general has requested that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) conduct an investigation into the handling of Ahmaud Arbery’s case, reports CNN.
Ahmaud Arbery’s Case Needs DOJ attention
“We are committed to a complete and transparent review of how the Ahmaud Arbery case was handled from the outset,” Attorney General Chris Carr said in a news release.
“The family, the community and the state of Georgia deserve answers, and we will work with others in law enforcement at the state and federal level to find those answers.”
(1/2) Our office is committed to a complete and transparent review of how the #AhmaudArbery case was handled from the outset.
— GA AG Chris Carr (@Georgia_AG) May 10, 2020
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Carr’s request to the DOJ includes an investigation of the “communications and discussions” between the first two district attorneys assigned to the case, both of whom have since recused themselves.
The case
The fatal shooting of 25-year-old Arbery on February 23 caused outrage in recent days after a video surfaced that appeared to show the fatal confrontation.
Anger mounted by when the suspects in the case had not been arrested more than two months after Arbery was killed.
The suspects, 64-year-old Gregory McMichael and his 34-year-old son Travis McMichael, were arrested May 7 and face charges of felony murder and aggravated assault.
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