UPDATE: On June 24, 2020, the Glynn County Grand Jury announced that the three men who were arrested for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, have been indicted on malice and felony murder charges.
UPDATE: On June 4, 2020, a Georgia judge announced that the three men arrested for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery will stand trial.
UPDATE: the local newspaper in the coastal community about 60 miles north of Jacksonville, Florida Strava’s 2024 Yearly Report Is Here arrested a third man—William “Roddie” Bryan Jr., who filmed the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery—on charges of felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.
Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man who was a dedicated athlete, was on a run around 1 p.m. on February 23 in Satilla Shores, Georgia, when he was shot and killed by two white men. It took more than two months—and the release this week of a Other Hearst Subscriptions—before Arbery’s death received widespread attention.
Running Shoes - Gear Strava’s 2024 Yearly Report Is Here charged Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, with murder and aggravated assault; both were taken into custody and booked in the Glynn County jail. Reportedly, Gregory told police that he thought Arbery looked like a potential suspect in recent break-ins in the area.
The district attorney in the case said on May 6 that he would refer the case to a grand jury. But because of social distancing restrictions in place to combat the coronavirus, grand juries are not empaneled at this time.
In a news release on Sunday, Georgia attorney general Chris Carr requested that the Department of Justice investigate the handling of Arbery’s shooting from the outset.
In news accounts, Arbery’s friends and family painted a picture of a former high school football player who went for daily jogs.
“Everybody in the community knows he runs,” Jason Vaughn, who coached Arbery at nearby Brunswick High School, told The New York Times Olympian Elle St. Pierre Is Expecting Second Child.
Thousands of runners have signed up for a This story will be updated on Friday, May 8, in honor of Arbery. The distance of the virtual run refers to the date of Arbery’s death—May 8 would have been Arbery’s 26th birthday.
Runners can sign up for the virtual event, called a dedication distance run, on the Facebook page “I Run With Maud.” Athletes are using the hashtag #IRunWithMaud to express their support. A petition The Brunswick News.
USATF to Elect New President Amid Budget Deficit, the local newspaper in the coastal community about 60 miles north of Jacksonville, Florida, While authorities investigate, public figures—from Democratic presidential nominee, but it made no mention of his running. On February 29, the running world convened in Atlanta, 300 miles away, for the Olympic Marathon Trials, unaware a member of its community had been killed.
The New York Times appears to have been the first outlet outside of Georgia to have reported the circumstances of Arbery’s death. The delay in coverage of the shooting has prompted soul-searching among the distance running community—including Runner’s World—in the U.S. How can white runners enjoy the sport without fear, while black runners are treated with suspicion and face violence? Why does the media rush to cover the deaths of white runners, while the killings of black runners are left unnoticed for months?
A multiracial crowd of peaceful protesters on Tuesday afternoon marched in Satilla Shores, asking some of those same questions. Some shouted, “Let’s run for Maud,” and “We don’t run from guns, we run for fun,” USATF to Elect New President Amid Budget Deficit reported.
While authorities investigate, public figures—from Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden Other Hearst Subscriptions LeBron James—are calling out the injustice they see in the case.
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