Georgia Attorney General Seeks New Probe Into Handling of Ahmaud Arbery Case

[SummerMadness]

Georgia Attorney General Seeks New Probe Into Handling of Ahmaud Arbery Case

A day after naming a new lead prosecutor in the murder case of Ahmaud Arbery, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said he has asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to look into the actions of two district attorneys and how they handled the case.

The investigation into the killing of Arbery, a 25-year-old black man who was shot and killed while jogging in a Brunswick, Ga., neighborhood, had stalled in the 10 weeks following his death on Feb. 23.

In a letter dated May 11 to GBI Director Vic Reynolds, the state attorney general's office asked for an investigation "involving possible prosecutorial misconduct." It also stated that "actions of these offices in possibly misrepresenting or failing to disclose information ... may have constituted unprofessional conduct" or other criminal offenses.

Recusal while writing something supportive of the suspects in this case indicates gross misconduct. How does anyone justify the attempt to fix this case from the start? It wasn't until the tape was released that we saw real movement on this case.

 

[grasping the after wind]

Georgia Attorney General Seeks New Probe Into Handling of Ahmaud Arbery Case


Recusal while writing something supportive of the suspects in this case indicates gross misconduct. How does anyone justify the attempt to fix this case from the start? It wasn't until the tape was released that we saw real movement on this case.

Thanks for keeping us informed about this. I am curious to see how this plays out.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Georgia Attorney General Seeks New Probe Into Handling of Ahmaud Arbery Case


Recusal while writing something supportive of the suspects in this case indicates gross misconduct. How does anyone justify the attempt to fix this case from the start? It wasn't until the tape was released that we saw real movement on this case.

I've some tidbits in my other Arbery thread that you might find interesting (though entirely unsurprising) - a couple years ago, DA Barnhill's office was pretty aggressive in its prosecution of a local black politician for inadvertently violating polling place procedure in a case that lots of people at the time saw as a thinly-veiled attempt at racialized voter suppression.

 

[Sketcher]

They definitely need to go after Barnhill. What he did in this case is ridiculous.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

It is truly a sad time for the good Christian people of Georgia that now have to live in fear of marauding Black’s running through their neighborhoods and being unable to do anything about it.

"Won’t someone think of the White People!!!"

 

[SummerMadness]

Man who filmed Ahmaud Arbery's death arrested for murder

The man who filmed the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery has been arrested for murder.

According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, 50-year-old William "Roddie" Bryan, Jr. has been jailed on felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Georgia Attorney General Seeks New Probe Into Handling of Ahmaud Arbery Case
"Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr said he has asked the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to look into the actions of two district attorneys and how they handled the case."

Former prosecutor indicted over Ahmaud Arbery case, accused of helping shield suspects in fatal shooting

A grand jury on Thursday indicted a former Georgia prosecutor over her handling of Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting, on allegations she helped shield men now charged with murder in a case that went for months without arrests.

Ex-Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson is accused of violating her oath of office and obstructing police after the Black man’s death in February of 2020.

Thursday’s indictment says Johnson showed “favor and affection” to suspect Greg McMichael, who was previously an investigator in her office, and also failed to “treat Ahmaud Arbery and his family fairly and with dignity” when she sought help from another district attorney — now also under investigation — who argued the shooting was justified before recusing himself.

Johnson is also accused of obstructing law enforcement by directing that Greg McMichael’s son, Travis McMichael, should not be arrested, “contrary to the laws” of Georgia.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Former prosecutor indicted over Ahmaud Arbery case, accused of helping shield suspects in fatal shooting

Thursday’s indictment says Johnson showed “favor and affection” to suspect Greg McMichael, who was previously an investigator in her office,

After Arbery killing, 16 calls between DA, shooter's dad
Georgia prosecutors say the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery was followed by 16 phone calls between the local district attorney and a former employee later convicted of murder in the shooting

 

[cow451]

After Arbery killing, 16 calls between DA, shooter's dad
Georgia prosecutors say the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery was followed by 16 phone calls between the local district attorney and a former employee later convicted of murder in the shooting

Sheesh