‘More than sufficient probable cause’ in US killing of black jogger Ahmaud Arbery
- Despite the comments from Georgia officials, there has still been no justification for the length of time it took to arrest the suspects
Authorities in the southern US state of Georgia said Friday they had “more than sufficient probable cause” to charge two white men over the killing of an unarmed black jogger, but did not explain why it took 74 days for the suspects to be detained.
Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis, 34, were arrested late Thursday and charged with murder and aggravated assault in the February 23 death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery.
Arbery’s death in the coastal city of Brunswick, captured in a video that has gone viral, was the latest killing of an unarmed black American, galvanising activists who say the death highlights deeply rooted racism in the country.
Hundreds of demonstrators, their faces covered in masks to protect them from the coronavirus, gathered in front of the city’s courthouse on Friday to demand justice for Arbery.
President Donald Trump said he had seen the video and called it “very, very disturbing”.
