Factbox: Timeline of the Ahmaud Arbery case wsau.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wsau.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Although it took more than 600 days after Ahmaud Arbery’s death in February 2020 for a court to begin trial of the men charged in his killing, the tragic incident sparked a wave of change within his hometown and across the Peach State.
Flurry of state motions filed in Ahmaud Arbery case firstcoastnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from firstcoastnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. One year later community still seeks justice Ahmaud Arbery s mother Wanda Cooper Jones (in blue) weeps during a vigil held for her son on Feb.23, 2021 the one-year anniversary of his death. - photo by Lewis Levine
The pain Wanda Cooper Jones feels about the loss of her son Ahmaud Arbery one year ago on Feb. 23, was still clearly evident during a ceremony and candle light vigil held at his gravesite last week on that same fateful date. Seated and with her head buried in her lap Cooper Jones rocked back and forth while screaming out, “That’s my baby,” several times out loud.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Overhaul of bill addresses Arbery case Ahmaud Arbery
Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a young African American, who was allegedly gunned down while jogging through a neighborhood in Brunswick. And just last week, on Feb. 16, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced the overhaul of the Citizens Arrest Statute citing Arbery’s murder as an example of abuse of the antiquated law that’s been in place since 1863.
“As you all know on May 5, of last year a viral video shocked the world, “Gov. Kemp said. “The horrific killing of Ahmaud Arbery shook the Georgia community to its very core. And as I’ve said many times since that tragic day, people in every community across our state felt anger, disbelief and a deep sorrow. But none more than Ahmaud’s fam