Ahmaud Arbery shooting investigated as a hate crime as FBI launch criminal probe into Georgia cops and DAs, lawyer says
THE shooting death of black jogger Ahmaud Arbery will be investigated as a hate crime, the family's lawyer has claimed.
He says federal agents have also launched a criminal inquiry into two district attorneys and the local police department in Georgia that failed to arrest the gunmen for over two months.
Ahmaud, 25, was shot by ex-cop Gregory McMichael and his son Travis on February 23 in Brunswick, GA.
The pair claim he matched the description of a burglary suspect, and told cops they shot him in self-defense.
But the case made headlines around the world after video emerged of the father and son chasing him down in their car before the fatal struggle.
"They said the GBI (Georgia Bureau of Investigation) doesn’t anticipate making any additional arrests, but the FBI very well may."
And he added: “This case makes it clear that all black citizens in south Georgia aren’t getting the same protection because if you shoot anybody in the street in broad daylight, just in general you expect at least an arrest. There were no arrests made.”
Cops say Floyd resisted arrest, but video shows large crowds pleading with the cop to release him.
The officer did not do so until medical personnel arrive and took the then unconscious Floyd to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The , and the death sparked huge protests with s in response.
She said: "Sometimes it's not a safe place to be in this country for black men."
added: "I am speechless. I am really, really speechless about what we’re seeing on television this morning.
"It feels to me like open season … and that sometimes it’s not a safe place to be in this country for black men."
"As the daughter of a black man and the mother of a black man, this is really too much for me today," she added.