Published
05.07.20
Ahmaud Arbery
On February 23, 2020, Ahmaud Marquez Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American man, was fatally shot near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia, while jogging on Holmes Road just before the intersection with Satilla Drive in the Satilla Shores neighborhood. This young man was shot by two white residents {not police}, Travis and Gregory McMichael, who were armed and had been following him in a pick-up truck. Following the MURDER of Ahmaud, no arrests were made until video footage surfaced of the incident and the video went viral.
This was a runner going for a jog. It is so infuriating to think that in 2020 America, a person of color cannot go for a jog safely. Not to mention, that person will not be issued justice until the rest of the world sees how horrific the crime was. What would have happened if the video had never surfaced?!
Friends, this happens all the time to Black people. These cases go unreported because no one was there to film it. Also, racism doesn’t have to end in murder. What about the times when racists scream obscenities out their window, or didn’t promote a man because of the color of his skin?! It is time for the injustices that have plagued our Black neighbors and friends to STOP!!! Please consider donating to some of the organizations that we believe in below.
Painting by Chase Hall.
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