LZ Granderson: Arbery case shows the worst chapter of Georgia's history is current events as well
by LZ Granderson, Los Angeles Times
Oct 21, 2021
3 minutes
It only makes sense that the three white Georgia men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery would turn to a Civil War-era law as their defense. The video footage of them hunting and killing the 25-year-old Black man looks like a clip from a slave patrol training video.
For those who don't know what I'm talking about, slave patrols were militia members whose job was to apprehend runaway slaves and prevent slave revolts. Oftentimes
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