Category: Arbery

Judge to Arraign Ex-DA Charged in Arbery Killing’s Aftermath

SAVANNAH, Ga.—A former Georgia prosecutor charged more than a year ago with hindering the police investigation into the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery has been ordered to appear before a judge in December for her first court appearance. Superior Court Judge John R. Turner on Tuesday scheduled a Dec. 29 arraignment for former Brunswick Judicial…


After Arbery Killing, 16 Calls Between DA, Shooter’s Dad

SAVANNAH, Ga.—One of the men convicted of murder in the street chase and fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery spoke with his former boss, the local district attorney, several times by phone in the days and weeks following the 2020 killing, according to a court document filed Thursday. Investigators found that the day after the shooting,…


Georgia Deputy Suspended Over Facebook Comment About Arbery

WARNER ROBINS, Ga.—A Georgia sheriff’s deputy was suspended and faces being fired over comments posted on social media after a judge sentenced three men to life imprisonment in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, news outlets reported. Reacting to a story on WGXA-TV’s Facebook page after the men were sentenced on their murder convictions in the…


US Judge Plans Jury Pool of 1,000 for 2nd Arbery Death Trial

BRUNSWICK, Ga.—The federal judge presiding over the upcoming hate crimes trial of three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery said Monday she plans to summon a jury pool of roughly 1,000 people scattered across an expansive area that covers 43 Georgia counties. U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood told prosecutors and defense attorneys…


Ahmaud Arbery’s Father On Guilty Verdicts: ‘All Lives Matter’

Marcus Arbery, the father of Ahmaud Arbery, who was fatally shot on a residential street last year, issued a message of unity following the guilty verdicts of three Georgia men on Wednesday, saying: “All lives matter.” “For real, all lives matter, not just blacks, we don’t want to see nobody go through this,” Marcus Arbery…


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