The Georgia prosecutors who first handled the fatal shooting of
Ahmaud Arbery before charges were filed more than two months later have been placed under investigation for their conduct in the case, which has prompted a national outcry.
Georgia’s attorney general, Chris Carr, announced that he had asked the Georgia bureau of investigation (GBI) and federal authorities to investigate how local prosecutors handled the killing of 25-year-old Arbery, who was pursued by a white father and son before being shot on a residential street on 23 February just outside the port city of Brunswick. Arbery’s relatives have said
he was jogging at the time.
Gregory and Travis McMichael were not
charged with murder until last week, after the release of a graphic video of the killing. Gregory McMichael had told police he and his adult son armed themselves and pursued the young man because they thought he matched the description of a burglary suspect, and he alleged that Arbery had attacked his son before the shots were fired.
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