Arbery killing stirs call to scrap citizen arrest in Georgia

Arbery killing stirs call to scrap citizen arrest in Georgia

Seattle Times

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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A group of Georgia lawmakers called Friday for the legislature to quickly scrap the state’s 19th-century citizen arrest law, which one prosecutor cited in a controversial legal opinion justifying the pursuit and killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Democratic Rep. Carl Gilliard of Savannah told a news conference Friday the proposal will be […]

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