More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Overhaul of bill addresses Arbery case Ahmaud Arbery Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a young African American, who was allegedly gunned down while jogging through a neighborhood in Brunswick. And just last week, on Feb. 16, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced the overhaul of the Citizens Arrest Statute citing Arbery’s murder as an example of abuse of the antiquated law that’s been in place since 1863. “As you all know on May 5, of last year a viral video shocked the world, “Gov. Kemp said. “The horrific killing of Ahmaud Arbery shook the Georgia community to its very core. And as I’ve said many times since that tragic day, people in every community across our state felt anger, disbelief and a deep sorrow. But none more than Ahmaud’s family and his loved ones. Ahmaud was a victim of vigilante style of violence that has no place in Georgia. Some tried to justify the actions of his killers by claiming they had the protection of an antiquated law that is right for abuse.”