“Every now and again our justice system gets it right. Cliff Albright and LaTosha Brown, co-founders of Black Voters Matter, who supported local protests with the Transformative Justice Coalition and organizers on-the-ground, issued the following statement in response to the verdict: All three men will now face hate-crime charges in federal court in February.
"He would have me so tired and fatigued.Today, all three defendants in the trial of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, were found guilty of felony murder. “He just wanted to do crazy workouts,” Baker said. They would also run on the Sidney Lanier Bridge in Brunswick.Īrbery was in such good shape that Baker couldn't keep up. “He got his run in every day.”Īrbery had turned their garage into a gym with workout equipment, including a bench press.īaker said Arbery would sometimes invite him over to work out or the two would meet at a local YMCA gym. “If it wasn’t drenching in rain, Ahmaud ran,” Cooper-Jones said. But she said he was dedicated to staying fit and counting his calories.
LeBron James on Ahmaud Arbery video: 'ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!' 'Running with Maud'Ĭooper-Jones said she didn't know Arbery ventured to Satilla Shores on his routine runs. “I just think at the end of the day, they should have cared more," she said. She wishes her own community would have done more to call for justice when Arbery was first killed. “If Maud had $10 and I had nothing, he would make sure I had half of what he had.”Ĭooper-Jones finds some peace in knowing she told her son "I love you" and he said it back before she left the house the morning of Feb. “He would offer the shirt off his back and give you his last if needed,” Baker said. He took snacks to the bus stop to initiate conversation with Arbery and they started sitting together.īaker said he always admired Arbery, affectionately known as "Maud," for his confidence, sense of humor and selflessness. "He spoke and did everything from a place of love."īaker recalled desperately wanting to become Arbery's friend in second grade because he was so likable. "He was just a real genuine person," said Baker, who grew up in the same apartment complex as Arbery. She recalled him helping out around the house, whether moving heavy furniture or offering to fix electrical outlets.īaker remembers Arbery was his "hype man" who would give Baker a playful nudge to freestyle rap lyrics or do high intensity workouts in the gym. “He was just a really humble guy," she said. “I had this numb feeling, but I did not believe it," Cooper-Jones said. Minute by minute: Minute by minute: What happened the night police fatally shot Breonna Taylor 'Humble'Ĭooper-Jones said when a Glynn County police officer initially told her a homeowner killed Arbery while he was committing a burglary, she knew it couldn't be true. The latest: Security video from construction site may show Ahmaud Arbery was getting water, lawyer says Lee Merritt, an attorney for the Arbery Family, said an unfinished property is an "electrician's dream" and suspects Arbery was observing the electrical work of the house. She said she was also putting her other son and daughter through school at the time.īefore his death, Arbery was planning to go back to school and get his electrician certification, she said. He attended South Georgia Technical College for about a year and a half but stopped when money got tight for the family, Cooper-Jones said. Attorneys for the Arbery family say the man, believed to be Arbery, was on the property for less than three minutes and did not commit a crime.Ĭooper-Jones said Arbery wanted to become an electrician, following the footsteps of three of his uncles.
Shortly before the shooting, a 911 caller reported a black man was on a property under construction in the neighborhood. 23 in that neighborhood. Local media reported one car burglary. Gregory McMichael told police they grabbed their guns and followed Arbery because he appeared to be the person seen on a surveillance video committing "several break-ins" in Satilla Shores. Glynn County police told USA TODAY they had no records of home break-ins or burglaries between Jan.
Two white men, Gregory McMichael and his son Travis McMichael, were arrested and charged with the murder of Arbery last week, following a public outcry over a viral video of the shooting.