Arbery's legacy to live on through citizen's arrest repeal, mother says

[TexasTowelie]

Ahmaud Arbery’s mother said she’s hopeful overhauling the outdated law initially used by local prosecutors to justify her son’s killing will have a lasting impact by preventing more deaths.

Wanda Cooper-Jones’ appeared alongside Gov. Brian Kemp as he signed legislation ending a 1863 statute that empowered white people to capture runaway slaves during the Civil War.

Monday’s bill signing was another signature moment spurred by the viral video showing Arbery, who was Black, being chased down a suburban Brunswick street and shot by three white men on Feb. 23, 2020. It is the second measure passed in response to his murder, with lawmakers ushering through a hate-crimes law last summer

Cooper-Jones said she sees the law’s repeal as a birthday present for her son, who would have been 27 this month.

Read more: https://georgiarecorder.com/2021/05/10/arberys-legacy-to-live-on-through-citizens-arrest-repeal-mother-says/

[Hoyt]

1. Glad law passed, but not sure it's a big improvement. Not sure it does a lot.

ABCNews article said:

“Under the repeal bill, people who are mere bystanders or witnesses generally no longer have the right to detain people. Deadly force can't be used to detain someone unless it’s in self-protection, protecting a home, or preventing a forcible felony. The changes retain Georgia’s “stand your ground” law, which says a person who is being threatened isn’t required to retreat.”