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5th anniversary of vicious Citizen’s Arrest resulted in jogger’s murder

Citizen’s Arrest. Misused by sociopaths to abuse, intimidate and harass

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Lee Heidhues 2.23.2025

It was five years ago that Ahmaud Arbery, a young black jogger, was shotgunned to death in cold blood by two white men, father and son as he jogged through a white neighborhood in Georgia as they tried to make a vicious and without justification Citizen’s Arrest.

The two men, father and son, were convicted of murder and sentenced to long prison terms.

This image from video posted on Twitter shows Ahmaud Arbery running on a street in a neighborhood outside Brunswick, Ga., on Feb. 23, 2020, as a pickup truck is stopped in front of him. Two men in the truck, Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory McMichael, confronted Arbery and less than a minute later he was fatally shot. (Twitter via AP)

After this abhorrent and vicious abuse of Georgia’s Citizen’s Arrest statute the state changed its draconian Citizen’s Arrest statute.

Sadly, California which labels itself as enlightened still has its heavy handed Citizen’s Arrest statute on the books.

Excerpted from Atlanta News First 2.23.2025

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder.

Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was chased down by three white men while he was jogging in southeast Georgia on Feb. 23, 2020.

RELATED: A Georgia man was chased and killed while jogging, his mother says

According to investigators, father and son Greg and Travis McMichael, and William “Roddie” Bryan grabbed their firearms and chased Arbery down in the street, shot and killed him, after confronting him about recent burglaries in the area.

The three men were convicted in both Georgia and federal court.

Ahmaud Arbery and his mother

A former Brunswick district attorney was also charged for allegedly trying to protect the McMichaels. Her trial ended earlier in February after a judge dismissed the charges.

The Georgia General Assembly declared Feb. 23 as “Ahmaud Arbery Day.” As part of the resolution, state representatives encourage people to walk or run 2.23 miles on that day and reflect on how Arbery’s life was cut short while jogging in 2020.

RELATED: Feb. 23 now known as Ahmaud Arbery Day in Georgia

The “Ahmaud Arbery Day Run” will begin at noon at the Lee and White Complex in southwest Atlanta.

https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/02/23/sunday-marks-fifth-anniversary-ahmaud-arberys-death/