Civil Rights Activists To Rally For Slain Georgia Jogger Ahmaud Arbery

Reacting to the murder of unarmed jogger, Ahmaud Arbery, former U.S president, Barack Obama said the young black man’s death an example of the “underlying inequities and extra burdens” African Americans face Saturday.

He said, 

“We see it when a black man goes for a jog and some folks feel like they can stop and question and shoot him if he doesn’t submit to their questioning.”

The suspects, former police officer Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son, Travis McMichael, 34, weren’t arrested until early May, - after a video of the murder surfaced online over two months after the coldblooded murder.

Protesters headed straight for the county's courthouse, where they joined Arbery’s family in calling for the immediate resignation of the two local prosecutors who didn't investigate the case.

The county district attorney recused herself because Gregory McMichael once worked as an investigator in her office and handed off the case to a judicial circuit DA, who also declined to prosecute.

Attorney Mawuli Davis, an organizer for the caravan said,

“Their mishandling of the case, the fact they would make a public statement when they recused themselves … just reeks with prosecutorial misconduct. And it should not be allowed for them to continue to serve the citizens. The citizens of Georgia deserve better.”

For the protesters, Arbery’s death is yet another example of the government treating white suspects differently when the victim is black.

Arbery’s case is now being handled by the state. A special prosecutor has charged the McMichaels with felony homicide and aggravated assault. They maintain they confronted Arbery because they believed he was a burglary suspect.

Georgia’s attorney general has called in the US Justice Department to investigate how the case was handled by the district attorneys as well as the Glynn County Police Department.

A police officer had anointed Greg McMichael as an unofficial neighborhood watchdog, TMZ reported.

“Your neighbor … is Greg McMichael. Greg is retired Law Enforcement and also a Retired Investigator from the DA’s office,” the cop allegedly told a resident who had alerted the officer to a possible break-in.

“[McMichael] said please call him day or night when you get action on your camera,” the officer told homeowner Larry English in a text exchange verified by English’s lawyer, according to a screenshot of the message obtained by TMZ. English listed the cop in his phone as “Officer Rash.”

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