For many, guilty verdicts in Arbery case mark progress for racial justice in court Enlarge this image toggle caption Sean Rayford/Getty Images Sean Rayford/Getty Images Civil rights activists, lawyers and politicians joined Ahmaud Arbery's family in welcoming the guilty verdict in Georgia against three men charged in his murder. "It just was a great day for my family," Marcus Arbery, …
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — Family and friends walked in procession through the coastal subdivision where armed men chased and shot him in the street. “He isn’t going to rest in his grave until we get justice,” Marcus Arbery, Arbery’s father, said Tuesday evening as he and other family members led a group of about 100 supporters on a memorial march into …
Arbery’s family and friends say his memory should be celebrated but his death remains ‘painfully fresh’. Authorities questioned the three white men involved in Arbery’s killing, but little happened for more than two months until a national outcry erupted after cellphone video of the shooting leaked online on May 5. Jason Vaughn, Arbery’s high school football coach and an organiser …
