On Thursday, the two men involved in the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery were arrested after days of demand for justice by national politicians, civil rights leaders and people across the nation.
One minute, Ahmaud Arbery was jogging along a sun-dappled south Georgia street lined with live oak trees draped with Spanish moss. The next minute he was chased down by armed men in a pickup truck and fatally shot.
On Thursday, the two men involved in the shooting were arrested after days of demand for justice by national politicians, civil rights leaders and people across the nation. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation arrested Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis McMichael, 34. They were both charged with murder and aggravated assault and taken into custody.
On Friday, thousands of civil rights activists across the nation will honor the 25-year-old man from the small coastal city of Brunswick by lacing up their sneakers and donning workout clothes at 9 a.m. to take part in a 2.23 mile run and demand his shooters are held to account.Arbery - who is black - was running in the predominantly white Satilla Shores neighborhood of Brunswick on February 23rd when he was pursuedThis is a developing story that will update with more details.
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