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Georgia scraps citizens arrest law after case of black jogger
By AFP Published: May 11, 2021 07:03 PM The southern US state of Georgia on Monday repealed its citizens arrest law, in a move prompted by the shooting death of African-American jogger Ahmaud Arbery by a group of white men who say they thought he was burglar.
Arbery, who would have turned 27 on Saturday, was the victim of vigilante-style violence that has no place in our country or in our state, said Governor Brian Kemp as he signed the repeal of the statute.
Georgians will no longer be permitted following the reform to attempt an arrest of someone they believe committed an offense, as they wait for the police.
Washington: The southern US state of Georgia on Monday repealed its citizen s arrest law, in a move prompted by the shooting death of African American jogger Ahmaud Arbery by a group of white men who say they thought he was burglar.
Arbery, who would have turned 27 on Saturday, was the victim of vigilante-style violence that has no place in our country or in our state, said Governor Brian Kemp as he signed the repeal of the statute.
Georgians will no longer be permitted following the reform to attempt an arrest of someone they believe committed an offense, as they wait for the police.
The Fulton County district attorney will pursue hate crime charges and the death penalty against the suspect in the March rampage that killed six Asian Americans.
Officials stand in front of a massage parlor after a shooting in Atlanta on March 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
ATLANTA (CN) A Fulton County grand jury on Tuesday returned murder charges against the man who is accused of gunning down eight people in metro Atlanta massage businesses, and the district attorney said she will seek the death penalty.
Robert Aaron Long, 22, was indicted for the March 16 killings of Suncha Kim, 69; Soon Chung Park, 74; Hyun Jung Grant, 51; and Young Ae Yue, 63.