In Ahmaud Arbery's Name, Georgia Repeals Citizen's Arrest Law

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In Ahmaud Arbery's Name, Georgia Repeals Citizen's Arrest Law

About a year after the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery became national news, and nearly 15 months after he was shot while jogging down a street, Georgia has repealed the vague law being used to defend the men charged with murder in his killing.

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed the overhaul he championed at the Georgia Capitol on Monday, alongside a bipartisan group of state lawmakers as well as Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, and sister, Jasmine Arbery.

Georgia Gov. Kemp signs repeal of 1863 citizen's arrest law

Those who had long pushed for the repeal said the law was approved in 1863 to round up escaped slaves and was later used to justify the lynching of African Americans. Some other states are now also considering repealing such laws.

Arbery, then 25, was fatally shot while running through a neighborhood near Brunswick on the Georgia coast in February 2020. His 27th birthday would have been days ago, and Cooper Jones said she viewed the law as a birthday present to her son.

The father and son who pursued Arbery — Greg and Travis McMichael — weren’t arrested or charged until the state took over the case more than two months after the shooting. A prosecutor initially assigned to the case had cited Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law to argue that the shooting was justified. Lee Merritt, the family attorney, said Arbery's relatives continue to want to see that prosecutor criminally charged.

It is vitally important to repeal old racist laws that victimize people to this day.

 

[Handmaid for Jesus]

It is vitally important to repeal old racist laws that victimize people to this day.

QFT!

 

[Sketcher]

Text of the law: Georgia General Assembly

 

[disciple Clint]

In Ahmaud Arbery's Name, Georgia Repeals Citizen's Arrest Law


Georgia Gov. Kemp signs repeal of 1863 citizen's arrest law


It is vitally important to repeal old racist laws that victimize people to this day.

How was the law racist, did it not apply to all races equally? Do you know of any "racist laws", do they exist? can a list of racist laws be provided so that we will all know what "racist laws" if any actually exist?