{"id":1052598,"date":"2021-11-24T15:58:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T20:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1052598"},"modified":"2021-11-24T15:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T20:58:36","slug":"gov-brian-kemp-ahmaud-arbery-victim-of-a-vigilantism-that-has-no-place-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-brian-kemp-ahmaud-arbery-victim-of-a-vigilantism-that-has-no-place-in-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Brian Kemp: Ahmaud Arbery &#039;Victim of a Vigilantism that Has No Place in Georgia&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgov-brian-kemp-ahmaud-arbery-victim-of-a-vigilantism-that-has-no-place-in-georgia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1052598&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/brian-kemp-ap-wire-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Shortly after a jury found Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William Bryan guilty for the murder of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp released a statement declaring that vigilante justice has no place in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAhmaud Arbery was the victim of a vigilantism that has no place in Georgia,\u201d Kemp said. \u201cAs legal efforts continue to hold accountable all who may be responsible, we hope the Arbery family, the Brunswick community, our state, and those around the nation who have been following his case can now move forward down a path of healing and reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.5072463768116\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My statement on the verdict in the Ahmaud Arbery trial: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tIEtrJZr8f\">pic.twitter.com\/tIEtrJZr8f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Brian P. Kemp (@GovKemp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovKemp\/status\/1463588796403011586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>On February 23 of 2020, Ahmaud Arbery was seen running through a neighborhood in Satilla Shores, Georgia, where residents reportedly saw him enter a house that was under construction. Surveillance cam footage showed during the trial revealed Arbery entering the house and observing the area for a few minutes before leaving with nothing in his possession. During that time, a 911 call was made alerting the police to Arbery\u2019s presence.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gregory McMichael, he spotted Arbery running down the street and thought he resembled a man believed to have committed a previous burglary. Suspecting that Arbery may be armed and dangerous, Gregory and his son Travis then grabbed their shotguns, hopped into a pickup truck, and formed a roadblock to enact a \u201ccitizens arrest\u201d until the police arrived. After chasing the 25-year-old for several minutes, attempting to block him in, Travis McMichael exited the vehicle to confront Arbery, who then wrestled Travis over his gun.<\/p>\n<p>Arbery was shot and killed. He was unarmed.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens arrests in Georgia require arresting individuals to have directly witnessed a crime being committed or knowledge of a crime in progress. One year after the killing, Kemp along with a bipartisan group of lawmakers repealed the Civil War-era law, saying it was \u201cripe for abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bill makes Georgia the first state in the country to repeal its citizen\u2019s arrest statute,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/05\/11\/995835333\/in-ahmaud-arberys-name-georgia-repeals-citizens-arrest-law\">he said<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we are replacing a Civil War-era law, ripe for abuse, with language that balances the sacred right to self-defense of a person and property with our shared responsibility to root out injustice and set our state on a better path forward,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after a jury found Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William Bryan guilty for the murder of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery, Georgia Gov. 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