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The disturbing video of Ahmaud Arbery‘s shooting death was leaked to the media by a friend of the alleged murderers, according to newly published reports. Georgia attorney Alan Tucker told the New York Times he obtained the footage from the man, identified as William Bryan, who captured the incident on his cellphone. Tucker said he then sent […]
The alleged motive for Ahmaud Arbery‘s murder is starting to crumble. Initially, Gregory and Travis McMichael claimed they killed Arbery because they believed him to be a suspsect in a string of burglaries in the area. However, Glynn County Police Lt. Cheri Bashlor told CNN on Friday that the neighborhood’s last reported break-in happened on Jan. 1, nearly two months before […]
One of the men charged in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery reportedly had ties to the victim years before the deadly incident. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney George Barnhill confirmed former Georgia police officer Gregory McMichael was involved “with the previous prosecution” of Arbery. The DA reportedly revealed this information in a letter […]
Georgia authorities have arrested two men in the murder investigation of Ahmaud Arbery. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation tells ABC News Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son, Travis McMichael, 34, were taken into custody Thursday and were booked into the Glynn County Jail in Brunswick. The men were each charged with murder and aggravated assault in the Feb. 23 shooting […]
A Georgia prosecutor announced Tuesday that a grand jury should review the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery—a 25-year-old black man who was gunned down while out for a jog back in February. “After careful review of the evidence, I am of the opinion that the case should be presented to the grand jury of Glynn County for consideration […]
Under a new executive order given by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, teenagers within the Peach State will no longer need to pass a formal driving test in order to secure a driver’s license. Instead they’ll just have to get the ‘A-okay’ from their parents. Like roughly 80 percent of news these days, this development is […]
Little Women: Atlanta star Ms. Minnie is dead at age 34. 34-year-old Ashley Ross—known to fans of the Lifetime reality series as Ms. Minnie—died at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta following injuries she sustained in a car accident, per a report from CNN on Tuesday. “It is with profound sadness that we confirm on behalf […]
T.I., Killer Mike, Jermaine Dupri, and several other Atlanta natives have expressed their disapproval of Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s decision to attempt to reopen certain businesses this week. Kemp has decided that nonessential businesses such as gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, body art studios, barbers, cosmetologists, and others will be allowed to reopen starting April 24 while […]
Two high school students in Georgia were expelled after posting a racist TikTok using negative African American stereotypes. In the thread by Twitter user Camden, you can watch the aforementioned TikTok shared on Thursday with the two students. It shows the teenagers using racial slurs and making derogatory remarks about African Americans like “eat watermelon […]
Gov. Brian Kemp faced backlash this week after issuing an executive order that effectively reopened Georgia’s beaches, the New York Times reports. The shelter-in-place order superseded local mandates related to coronavirus, which meant any municipality that prohibited public access to its beaches would be forced to reopen them to the public. “The Governor’s Executive Order suspends the enforcement of […]
