Former Georgia District Attorney Booked On Charges Of Obstructing Ahmaud Arbery Case
Jackie Johnson, former district attorney in Georgia has been arrested on charges linked to her alleged mishandling of the case of Ahmaud Arbery — the young Black man who was pursued and gunned down as he jogged through a Brunswick neighborhood last year.
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This Wednesday, the ex-Glynn County District Attorney turned herself in to the Glynn County Sheriff’s office after a grand jury returned an indictment on counts of obstruction and violations of oath by a public officer last week. However, Johnson was released from the Glynn County Detention Center on a $10,000 bond, according to the Atlanta Journal.
As the news site notes, state prosecutors believe that she used her position to delay arrests of the White men who chased and killed the 25-year-old Arbery.
As we previously reported, father and son Greg and Travis McMichael chased the young Black man in a pickup truck on Feb. 23, 2020, after they spotted Arbery running in their neighborhood just outside the port city of Brunswick. The neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, chawed along and took a cellphone video of Travis McMichael fatally shooting Arbery.
The McMichaels claimed to police they thought Arbery was a burglar and that Travis McMichael shot him in self-defense. However, the McMichaels as well as Bryan are now jailed as they await trial on murder charges.
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