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Georgia Attorney General Asks For DOJ Probe Into Handling Of Ahmaud Arbery Case

Chris Carr has asked the Justice Department to investigate the case, which has sparked a national outcry and demands for justice after a cellphone video of the shooting began circulating online.
Demonstrators protest the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery at the Glynn County Courthouse on May 8, 2020 in Brunswick, Georgia.

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr asked the Department of Justice on Sunday to conduct an investigation into the handling of the Ahmaud Arbery case.

Arbery, a 25-year-old black man, was shot and killed in February while jogging through a neighborhood in the city

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