The death of Ahmaud Arbery rekindled racial tensions in the state of Georgia, with a long segregationist past. Police announced on Thursday May 21 the arrest of the author of a video showing the death of the young black jogger, who sparked a stir in the United States. William Bryan, 50, was taken into custody and charged with murder, said Georgia state police in a statement. This is the third inquiry in the context of this investigation. The police did not provide any further details but are planning a press conference on Friday morning.
Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was killed on February 23 along a Brunswick road. During the following weeks, the local police did not make any arrests. A video of the drama, which went viral, revived the business in early May.
In this recording, Ahmaud Arbery runs along a road. As he bypasses a white pickup truck on which a man is standing, he is stopped by a second man who grabs it. We hear three shots.
Local police seize the file
The images caused a shock wave and the mobilization of several personalities, including basketball star LeBron James or actress Zoë Kravitz. They are "Very disturbing", also tried President Donald Trump.
Following their release, the local police were seized of the file, which was entrusted to state investigators. Two days later, they arrested and charged with murder the two people who appear on the film: Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis, 34.
The eldest, a retired police officer, worked for a long time as an investigator for the local prosecutor's office. He had explained to the first investigators to have taken Ahmaud Arbery for a burglar and to have chased him with his son, and their weapons, but that the confrontation had gone wrong.
According to his family, the young man was just jogging and was the victim of a racist crime, then stifled by a complacent police and justice system.
Since the video was broadcast, demonstrators and Internet users, gathered behind the slogan #IrunwithMaud (I am running with Maud, the young man's nickname) have been demanding accounts. State police have recently been tasked with investigating the errors of the original investigation.
