At the end of February, 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed in Brunswick, Georgia.
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The murder of Arbery now shows a video.
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Arbery jogs along a country road.
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The video material that has now surfaced triggered a great wave of protests in Brunswick.
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Wanda Cooper, Arbery’s mother, is finally demanding justice and says to «CNN»: «He was not armed. He never harmed anyone. »
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The act happened in February – but now video material has emerged that is causing outrage in the United States. The 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery goes jogging, runs along a country road in Brunswick in the state of Georgia (USA).
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Suddenly a white pickup stops next to him. A man gets out of the car with a shotgun in his hand. Arbery and the man fight for the gun. Shots are fired. An armed man with a revolver stands on the back of the car. Shortly thereafter, Arbery lies motionless on the floor. He is dead.
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The perpetrators are at large
It quickly becomes clear that the perpetrators are the former police officer Gregory McMichael and his son Travis. They claim they thought he looked like the suspect in a number of burglaries in the area.
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The case never came to trial because of the corona pandemic. The two perpetrators are still at large. The video material that has now surfaced triggered a great wave of protests in Brunswick. Wanda Cooper, Arbery’s mother, is finally demanding justice and says to “CNN”: “He was not armed. He never harmed anyone. »
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Joe Biden reports on Twitter for the video
Only now, two months later, on Tuesday, District Attorney Tom Durden of Georgia announced that he would be handed over to a grand jury. In the coming days, the latter will decide whether charges should be brought against Gregory McMichael and son Travis and whether they should be brought to justice.
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Even Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden signed up for the video and wrote on Twitter: «The video is clear: Arbery was murdered in cold blood. It’s time for a quick, complete, and transparent investigation into his murder. » (sib)