UPDATE: The Death of Ahmaud Arbery

UPDATE:

Suspects in Ahmaud Arbery’s Killing Are Indicted on Murder Charges

https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000007208850/ahmaud-arbery-killing-indictment.html?referringSource=articleShare

Investigators Say One Man Shot Ahmaud Arbery. Why Are Three Charged With Murder?

The New York Times, May 23, 2020

Father and son charged in the killing of black Georgia jogger, Ahmaud Arbery, after footage sparked outrage

Washington Post, May 8, 2020

“Montgomery, Alabama — Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot to death on February 23 by two white men while he was out for a jog in Satilla Shores, a community a few miles from where he resided in Glynn County, Georgia.
 
Arbery, who was unarmed, was seen jogging through the neighborhood by Gregory McMichael, 64, a retired Glynn County police officer and investigator for the Brunswick Judicial Circuit district attorney. McMichael later told police he suspected Arbery was a burglar.”

Continue reading SPLC’s statement here

https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/southern-poverty-law-center-demands-federal-investigation-now-death-ahmaud-arbery

Read The New York Times coverage here

https://www.nytimes.com/article/ahmaud-arbery-shooting-georgia.html?referringSource=articleShare

Thanks to SJM member Pamela P. for drawing our attention to this incident and response.

Thanks to SJM members Joan B. and Carole K. for sharing this sermon from the Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III of the Trinity United Church in Chicago.