The investigation into the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery seemed stalled until a video surfaced online more than two months later. State investigators took over and quickly made arrests. Now they have to make up for lost time as they build their case.
for their handling of the case. And a newly appointed investigative agency and prosecutor must untangle the criminal probe, build a case and make up for lost time and missed opportunities.
According to the police report, Gregory McMichael said he saw a person he suspected of burglary “hauling ass” down the street. He and son Travis grabbed their guns, hopped into a pickup truck and chased him down. were indicted in what investigators described as a cover-up of an officer’s sexual relationship with an informant.
The district attorney’s office calls that a “malicious lie” and says it was police who raised the self-defense angle. “I can’t imagine saying ‘stand down.’ ... If police believe they have probable cause, I’m not going to second-guess them,” Morgan said. “Because of all of the assumptions that are made, all of the steps in the investigation that are not taken, they made the job much more difficult for the AG’s office,” Stinson said.The shaky video emerged May 5 showing Arbery running from the McMichaels. Travis McMichael and Arbery appear to struggle over the gun. Gregory McMichael hops from the back of the truck. Arbery is shot and falls to the ground. It doesn’t show Arbery with a firearm.
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