The NAACP referred to the killing of the 25-year-old black jogger as a 'modern-day lynching.'
ShareTwo white men have been accused of murdering a 25-year-old black man as he was out for a jog in Georgia's Glynn County on February 23.
On Tuesday, District Attorney Tom Durden officially requested the Georgia Bureau of Investigations launch a grand jury investigation into the incident once court restrictions imposed by COVID-19 are lifted next month. A press release shared Tuesday by Durden said two other district attorneys — one each in the Brunswick Judicial Circuit and the Waycross Judicial Circuit — recused themselves from the investigation before Durden became involved on April 13.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigations said Tuesday as the video began circulating that while it had not yet received a request to investigate the shooting, the Glynn County Police Department had asked it to look into threats allegedly made against individuals involved in the investigation and the video's release. Later in the day, the agency said on Twitter it had received the formal request from Durden to begin investigating the shooting.'s request for comment in time for publication.
Carr's call for"justice to be carried out as swiftly as possible" came around the same time Georgia Governor Brian Kemp addressed the shooting on Twitter."State law enforcement stands ready to ensure justice is served," Kemp said.
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