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Gregory McMichael lost his power of arrest in 2006 after failing to complete sufficient basic law enforcement training Gregory McMichael, the white retired law enforcement officer who helped chase down and kill Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old African American man, failed to complete sufficient basic law enforcement training for years, a deficiency that led to him losing his power of arrest.McMichael, who worked as...

‘Questions and concerns’ have arisen about actions of the district attorneys involved, says Georgia’s attorney generalThe 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...

Marcus Arbery Sr says Ahmaud’s death at the hands of two white men, while he was out for a run, was an act of racismMarcus Arbery Sr says his son was just like him, fit and athletic. Related: ‘Every stone will be uncovered’: how Georgia officials failed the Ahmaud Arbery case Continue reading...

Systemic flaws within Glynn county’s district attorney offices led to a lack of action against the men involved in this ‘modern lynching’In the days and weeks after Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed, multiple Glynn county law enforcement officials failed to thoroughly investigate his death and, in one case, refused to allow police officers to make arrests.Arbery, 25, was jogging through the neighbourhood just...

Gregory and Travis McMichael confronted Arbery with two firearms as the 25 year old was jogging in Brunswick, GeorgiaThe two men involved in the killing of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery as he jogged through his neighborhood just outside of Brunswick, Georgia, in February have been charged with murder and aggravated assault.Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, were taken into custody and booked into the...

Recordings of 911 calls obtained by the Guardian provide details on the moments before a man was shot while jogging in GeorgiaAudio recordings of two 911 calls have shed further light on the final moments before Ahmaud Arbery was shot dead by two white men while jogging through a neighborhood just outside Brunswick, Georgia. Related: Ahmaud Arbery: anger mounts over killing of black jogger...