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By Rich McKay
ATLANTA (Reuters) -Georgia overhauled a Civil War-era law Wednesday that allowed residents to arrest anyone they suspected of committing a crime - a citizens arrest law invoked by the defense of the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery last year.
The Arbery case garnered international outrage with civil rights activists saying it marked yet another example of a targeted attack on Black man.
The Georgia General Assembly approved the bill across party lines by wide margins in both the House and Senate, and now it is headed to Republican Governor Brian Kemp, who has said he will sign it.
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(Adds missing word in third paragraph to read Georgia General Assembly)
By Rich McKay
ATLANTA (Reuters) -Georgia overhauled a Civil War-era law Wednesday that allowed residents to arrest anyone they suspected of committing a crime - a citizens arrest law invoked by the defense of the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery last year.
The Arbery case garnered international outrage with civil rights activists saying it marked yet another example of a targeted attack on Black man.
The Georgia General Assembly approved the bill across party lines by wide margins in both the House and Senate, and now it is headed to Republican Governor Brian Kemp, who has said he will sign it.
By Rich McKay
ATLANTA, March 31 (Reuters) - Georgia overhauled a Civil War-era law Wednesday that allowed residents to arrest anyone they suspected of committing a crime - a citizens arrest law invoked by the defense of the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery last year.
The Arbery case garnered international outrage with civil rights activists saying it marked yet another example of a targeted attack on Black man.
The Georgia General Assembly approved the bill across party lines by wide margins in both the House and Senate, and now it is headed to Republican Governor Brian Kemp, who has said he will sign it.
(Adds missing word in third paragraph to read Georgia General Assembly) By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) -Georgia overhauled a Civil War-era law Wednes.