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Wanda Cooper-Jones was in attendance at a ceremony Monday at the Georgia State Capitol, where Gov.
Brian Kemp signed legislation that will no longer allow most residents to arrest people they believe have committed a crime.
“Today we are replacing a Civil War-era law ripe for abuse with language that balances the sacred right to self-defense of a person’s property with our shared responsibility to root out injustice and set our state on a better path forward,” Kemp said in Atlanta.
Wanda Cooper-Jones, mother of Ahmaud Arbery, talks with people after a February candlelight vigil for Arbery at New Springfield Baptist Church in Waynesboro, Georgia. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
The US Justice Department brought federal hate crimes charges on Wednesday in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, charging a father and son who armed themselves, chased and fatally shot the 25-year-old Black man after spotting him running in their Georgia neighbourhood.
Travis McMichael and his father, Gregory, were charged along with a third man, William Roddie Bryan, with one count of interference with civil rights and attempted kidnapping.
The McMichaels are also charged with using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.
Provided by the Glynn County, Ga., Detention Center, shows from left, Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and William Roddie Bryan Jr. (AP)