Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot and killed as he jogged through a neighborhood near Brunswick, Ga. in 2020. Three white men in pick-up trucks pursued him and then confronted him.
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In trial over Arbery death, racial reckoning looms large
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Georgia murder trial in killing of Ahmaud Arbery seen as test case for racial justice
As three white men prepare to stand trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, many in the slain Black man’s Georgia hometown see the case as a reckoning for the local justice system.
Trial starts Monday in Georgia in a killing that sparked racial justice protests. Three white men are accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man shot while jogging down a residential street.
Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot and killed as he jogged through a neighborhood near Brunswick, Ga. in 2020. Three white men in pick-up trucks pursued him and then confronted him.
Mr. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was chased by armed white residents of a South Georgia neighborhood. They were arrested months later and are scheduled to face trial in October.
Ahmaud Arbery’s killing last year went more than two months without arrests before a graphic leaked video shocked the country. Now those who pressed for charges wonder if the murder trial will be the culmination of their efforts or another setback.
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