Posted on Feb 23, 2022
Georgia marks statewide 'Ahmaud Arbery Day' to honor the slain jogger
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Beginning Wednesday, the state of Georgia will recognize Feb. 23 of each year as Ahmaud Arbery Day, for the Black jogger who was chased down and killed on a residential street near Brunswick exactly two years ago.
The Georgia House of Representatives passed a resolution earlier this month honoring Arbery and urging people to jog 2.23 miles annually to advocate for racial equality.
Both of Arbery's parents – Wanda Cooper-Jones and Marcus Arbery – were scheduled to appear at events in Georgia on Wednesday. Other planned remembrances included a vigil in the Satilla Shores neighborhood where Arbery was murdered and a candlelight march.
This year's anniversary of Arbery's death comes one day after his three convicted killers, who are white, were found guilty in a federal hate crimes trial of targeting Arbery because of his race.
In a separate trial in Georgia state court last year, Travis McMichael, his father, Greg McMichael, and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan were found guilty of Arbery's murder. They chased him down in pickup trucks, and Travis McMichael killed him with a shotgun.
Beginning Wednesday, the state of Georgia will recognize Feb. 23 of each year as Ahmaud Arbery Day, for the Black jogger who was chased down and killed on a residential street near Brunswick exactly two years ago.
The Georgia House of Representatives passed a resolution earlier this month honoring Arbery and urging people to jog 2.23 miles annually to advocate for racial equality.
Both of Arbery's parents – Wanda Cooper-Jones and Marcus Arbery – were scheduled to appear at events in Georgia on Wednesday. Other planned remembrances included a vigil in the Satilla Shores neighborhood where Arbery was murdered and a candlelight march.
This year's anniversary of Arbery's death comes one day after his three convicted killers, who are white, were found guilty in a federal hate crimes trial of targeting Arbery because of his race.
In a separate trial in Georgia state court last year, Travis McMichael, his father, Greg McMichael, and their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan were found guilty of Arbery's murder. They chased him down in pickup trucks, and Travis McMichael killed him with a shotgun.
Georgia marks statewide 'Ahmaud Arbery Day' to honor the slain jogger
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